Full Description
This book discusses the emergence of a new concept of law at the global level in the field of sustainable development. It examines the four-decade-long evolution of the concept of sustainable development from the Stockholm Conference of 1972 until the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. It brings forward a step-by-step guide for exploring the law-like quality of global norms from a legal positivist and legal pluralist perspective.
Contents
Chapter 1. Theoretical Foundations of GLSD.- Chapter 2. The Origins of the Sustainable Development Goals.- Chapter 3. Road to Rio: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back.- Chapter 4. From Rio to the Millennium Development Goals.- Chapter 5. Back To Rio After 20 Years: For the Sake Of Sustainable Development.- Chapter 6. Towards Global Law of Sustainable Development.