Research Handbook on Human Rights and the Environment

Research Handbook on Human Rights and the Environment
Author: Anna Grear
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 581
Release: 2015-06-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1782544437

Bringing together leading international scholars in the field, this Research Handbook interrogates, from various angles and positions, the fractious relationship between human rights and the environment and between human rights and environmental law.

Research Handbook on Human Rights and Poverty

Research Handbook on Human Rights and Poverty
Author: Martha F. Davis
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2021-03-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1788977513

This important Research Handbook explores the nexus between human rights, poverty and inequality as a critical lens for understanding and addressing key challenges of the coming decades, including the objectives set out in the Sustainable Development Goals. The Research Handbook starts from the premise that poverty is not solely an issue of minimum income and explores the profound ways that deprivation and distributive inequality of power and capability relate to economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights.

Research Handbook on Human Rights and Investment

Research Handbook on Human Rights and Investment
Author: Yannick Radi
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 584
Release: 2018-12-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1782549129

The interplay between human rights and investments is a key and complex issue in today’s world. To take stock of this importance and to tackle this complexity, this Research Handbook offers a unique multi-faceted approach. It gathers in-depth contributions which focus on the interplay between human rights and investments in various international legal regimes, economic sectors and regions. It also provides thorough analyses of the various types of accountability that may result from the activities of multinational corporations in relation to human rights. This Research Handbook is intended for practitioners, policy-makers, academics and students eager to understand the interaction between human rights and investments in all its dimensions.​

Research Handbook on Human Rights and Business

Research Handbook on Human Rights and Business
Author: Surya Deva
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2020-07-31
Genre: Law
ISBN: 178643640X

This authoritative Research Handbook brings together leading international scholars and practitioners to provide in-depth analysis of some of the most hotly debated topics and issues concerning the interface of human rights and business. Offering critical insights on prominent strands of research within the field of business and human rights, this comprehensive Research Handbook examines key challenges and potential solutions in the field.

Research Handbook on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Human Rights

Research Handbook on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Human Rights
Author: Jackie Dugard
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2020-10-30
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1788974174

This exciting Research Handbook combines practitioner and academic perspectives to provide a comprehensive, cutting edge analysis of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR), as well as the connection between ESCR and other rights. Offering an authoritative analysis of standards and jurisprudence, it argues for an expansive and inclusive approach to ESCR as human rights.

Research Handbook on Climate Change, Migration and the Law

Research Handbook on Climate Change, Migration and the Law
Author: Benoît Maye
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2017-10-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1785366599

This comprehensive Research Handbook provides an overview of the debates on how the law does, and could, relate to migration exacerbated by climate change. It contains conceptual chapters on the relationship between climate change, migration and the law, as well as doctrinal and prospective discussions regarding legal developments in different domestic contexts and in international governance.

Research Handbook on Transnational Environmental Law

Research Handbook on Transnational Environmental Law
Author: Veerle Heyvaert
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2020-11-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1788119630

This illuminating Research Handbook offers a detailed overview and critical discussion of the key themes and perspectives that characterize the burgeoning research area of transnational environmental law. Varied perspectives from leading and emerging scholars are brought together to deliver methodological and conceptual frameworks for future research, whilst providing an original view on this emerging field of law.

Research Handbook on International Law and Natural Resources

Research Handbook on International Law and Natural Resources
Author: Elisa Morgera
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2016-11-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1783478330

Research Handbook on International Law and Natural Resources provides a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the role of international law in regulating the exploration and exploitation of natural resources. It illuminates interactions and tensions between international environmental law, human rights law and international economic law. It also discusses the relevance of soft law, international dispute settlement, as well as of various unilateral, bilateral, regional and transnational initiatives in the governance of natural resources. While the Handbook is accessible to those approaching the subject for the first time, it identifies pressing areas for further investigation that will be of interest to advanced researchers.

Research Handbook on Environment and Investment Law

Research Handbook on Environment and Investment Law
Author: Kate Miles
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2019
Genre: LAW
ISBN: 1784714631

The Research Handbook on Environment and Investment Law examines one of the most dynamic areas of international law: the interaction between international investment law and environmental law and policy. The Research Handbook takes a thematic approach, analysing key issues in the environment–investment nexus, such as freshwater resources, climate, biodiversity, biotechnology and sustainable development. It also includes sections which explore regional experiences and address practice and procedure, and offers innovative approaches and critical perspectives, including the interface between foreign investment and the environment with human rights, gender, indigenous peoples, and economics.

Research Handbook on Human Rights and Digital Technology

Research Handbook on Human Rights and Digital Technology
Author: Ben Wagner
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 464
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 1785367722

In a digitally connected world, the question of how to respect, protect and implement human rights has become unavoidable. This contemporary Research Handbook offers new insights into well-established debates by framing them in terms of human rights. It examines the issues posed by the management of key Internet resources, the governance of its architecture, the role of different stakeholders, the legitimacy of rule making and rule-enforcement, and the exercise of international public authority over users. Highly interdisciplinary, its contributions draw on law, political science, international relations and even computer science and science and technology studies.