SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT LAW: PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES, AND PROSPECTS, Second Edition

This book analyses recent advances in international law on sustainable development at the intersection of international human rights, environmental, and economic law related to development. Hundreds of new bilateral, regional, and global treaties have been negotiated in relation to the world’s most pressing sustainability, development, and justice challenges over the past two decades, and most face implementation challenges. At the same time, disputes over human rights, environmental protection, and economic development are increasingly common. This book surveys the international law related to sustainable development, discussing proposed principles, offering case studies that examine innovative aspects of key international instruments, and reflecting on future legal research agendas. Part I surveys the origins of the concept of sustainable development, identifying and discussing the foundations of its legal aspects. Part II examines principles of international law related to sustainable development, based on international instruments and disputes across international courts and tribunals. Part III provides illustrative examples of legal instruments and regimes that address the 169 targets in relation to the seventeen Global Sustainable Development Goals. Part IV proposes cutting-edge research agendas, explores the limits of sustainable development, and concludes.