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International Environmental Law and Asian Values : Legal Norms and Cultural Influences - Roda Mushkat

International Environmental Law and Asian Values

Legal Norms and Cultural Influences

By: Roda Mushkat

Hardcover | 10 September 2004

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Following decades of vigorous economic expansion, Asia is confronting the environmental consequences of unfettered development. This poses a challenge because of the strong bias of prevailing cultural systems in the region toward the goal of lifting standards of living over achieving ecological sustainability. 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. International Environmental Law and Asian Values concludes that, although some gaps can be identified between international imperatives and regional responses, "Asian values" have not proved to be an insurmountable barrier to the spread of international environmental legal ideas. On the whole, the region is responding to impulses emanating from the global arena rather than resisting them consciously. The analysis and conclusions of this comprehensive and original work will be of considerable interest to scholars of international law and relations, environmental policy, comparative culture, economic development, and social change.
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The author usefully makes a presentation of the case for the universality of international environmental law with pragmatic considerations for implementation. -- Ronald F. MacIsaac * The Barrister *
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 * Law and Politics Book Review *

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Non-FictionPolitics & GovernmentCentral GovernmentCentral Government PoliciesEarth Sciences, Geography, Environment, PlanningThe EnvironmentEconomicsInternational EconomicsInternational TradeTrade AgreementsLawLaws of Specific Jurisdictions
EnvironmentEnvironment LawEnvironmental EconomicsSociety & CultureSocial Issues & ProcessesGlobalisationInternational LawPublic International LawInternational Environmental LawCultural Studies

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