International Environmental Law and Asian Values
Legal Norms and Cultural Influences
A comprehensive assessment of relevant Asian policies and their
applications in key areas in light of international environmental norms
and practices.
Description
This book juxtaposes international environmental norms and practices
with relevant Asian policies and their applications in key areas. Roda
Mushkat examines the fundamental principle of public participation in
environmental law-making, as well as the "rights approach,"
against the emergence of democratic and human rights norms in the
region. The complex relationship between trade and the environment is
also discussed in light of the strong regional emphasis on economic
growth, trade liberalization, and the aversion to conditionalities.
Given regionalization processes in Asia-Pacific and elsewhere, this
work seeks to establish to what extent such processes have led to the
regionalization of international environmental law.
Reviews
It does, indeed, add up to an interesting story which Muskat to her great credit presents as one that cries out for explanation.
- Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith, Professor of Political Science, University of California
The author usefully makes a presentation of the case for the universality of international environmental law with pragmatic considerations for implementation.
- Ronald F. MacIsaac