Environmental Discourses in Public and International Law

581 Pages·2012·4.508 MB·English

by  Brad Jessup & Kim Rubenstein

ENVIRONMENTAL DISCOURSES
IN PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL
LAW
This collection of essays examines the development and application of
environmentallawsandtherelationshipbetweenpubliclawsandinter-
nationallaw.Notionsofgoodgovernance,transparencyandfairnessin
decision-making are analysed within the area of the law perceived as
having the greatest potential to address today’s global environmental
concerns. International trends, such as free trade and environmental
markets,arealsoobservedtobeinfiltratingnationallaws.
Together,theessaysillustratetheideathatinthecontextofenviron-
mentalproblemsbeingdynamicandenvironmentalchangesappearing
sudden,lawsbecomedifficulttodesignandeffect.Typically,theyarealso
devisedwithinaconflictedsetting.Itisinthischangeableanddiscordant
contextthat environmental discourses such as precaution,justice,risk,
equity, security, citizenship and markets contribute to legal responses,
presentlegalopportunitiesorhinderprogress.
brad jessup teaches and researches at the Australian National
Universityacrossthedisciplinesoflawandgeography.
kim rubenstein isthe DirectoroftheCentrefor Internationaland
PublicLawattheANUCollegeofLawandtheinauguralConvenorofthe
ANUGenderInstituteattheAustralianNationalUniversity,Canberra.
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CONNECTING INTERNATIONAL LAW
WITH PUBLIC LAW
This series of books flows from workshops bringing public and inter-
nationallawyersandpublicandinternationalpolicy-makerstogetherfor
interdisciplinary discussion on selected topics and themes. It aims to
broaden both public and international laws’ understanding of how
thesetwoareasintersect.Untilnow,internationalandpubliclawhave
mainly overlapped in discussions on how international law is imple-
mented domestically. This series is unique in consciously bringing
together public and international lawyers to consider and engage in
eachother’sscholarship.
Generaleditors
ProfessorKimRubenstein,AustralianNationalUniversity
ProfessorThomasPogge,YaleUniversity
Booksintheseries
IncentivesforGlobalPublicHealth:PatentLawandAccesstoEssential
Medicines,editedbyThomasPogge,MatthewRimmerand
KimRubenstein
Sanctions,AccountabilityandGovernanceinaGlobalisedWorld,edited
byJeremyFarrallandKimRubenstein
EnvironmentalDiscoursesinPublicandInternationalLaw,editedby
BradJessupandKimRubenstein
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ENVIRONMENTAL
DISCOURSES IN PUBLIC
AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
Edited by
BRAD JESSUP
and
KIM RUBENSTEIN
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CONTENTS
Contributors x
Serieseditors’preface xix
Editors’preface xxi
Introduction:usingdiscoursetheorytountanglepublicand
internationalenvironmentallaw 1
brad jessup and kim rubenstein
part i Theoriesandrightsasdiscoursesin
environmentallaw 21
1 Justiceforfuturegenerations:environmentdiscourses,
internationallawandclimatechange 23
peter lawrence
2 Thejourneyofenvironmentaljusticethroughpublic
andinternationallaw 47
brad jessup
3 Thepoliticaldiscourseoflandstewardshipreframedas
astatutoryduty 71
mark shepheard and paul martin
4 Dephysicalisationandentitlement:legalandcultural
discoursesofplaceasproperty 96
nicole graham
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part ii Discoursesinenvironmental
decisions 121
5 Perspectivesondiscourseininternational
environmentallaw:expertknowledgeandchallenges
todeliberativedemocracy 123
jaye ellis
6 Gettingtoyes:structuringanddiscipliningarguments
forandagainsttransgenicagriculturalproductsin
EuropeanUnionauthorisations 143
bettina lange
7 Nuclearnarratives,environmentaldiscourseandUK
energypolicyandlegislation,1970–2008 170
elizabeth rough
part iii Environmentaldiscoursesinlegal
institutions 193
8 Internationalcourtsandsustainabledevelopment:
usingoldtoolstoshapeanewdiscourse 195
tim stephens
9 ThediscourseofenvironmentalsecurityintheASEAN
context 218
kheng-lian koh
10 Publicparticipationintransboundaryenvironmental
impactassessment:closingthegapbetween
internationalandpubliclaw? 238
simon marsden
part iv Discoursesinclimatelaw 261
11 Climatechange:limitsdiscoursesattheinterfaceof
internationallawandenvironmentallaw 263
lee godden
12 Thenationalinterestorgoodinternationalcitizenship?
Australiaanditsapproachtointernationalandpublic
climatelaw 286
river cordes-holland
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13 TheAsia-PacificPartnership:adeepenedmarketliberal
modelfortheinternationalclimateregime? 308
jeffrey mcgee and ros taplin
14 Globalgazing:viewingmarketsthroughthelensof
emissionstradingdiscourses 331
sanja bogojevi
part v Discoursesinthecommons 353
15 Polaropposites:environmentaldiscoursesand
managementinAntarcticaandtheArctic 355
donald r. rothwell
16 Heritagediscourses 375
ben boer and stefan gruber
17 Environmentalprinciplesandsocialchangeinthe
oceandumpingregime:acasestudyofthedisposal
ofcarbondioxideintotheseabed 399
afshin akhtarkhavari
18 Environmentaldiscoursesintheoceancommons:the
caseofoceanfertilisation 420
julia mayo-ramsay
Concludingremarks:discourseversusstrategy 436
thomas pogge
Bibliography 448
Index 515
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CONTRIBUTORS
Editors
brad jessup is a Teaching Fellow with the Australian Centre for
Environmental Law and the ANU College of Law, at the Australian
National University. He has Honours degrees in law and science from
MonashUniversityandaMaster’sofPhilosophyingeographyfromthe
University of Cambridge, and is admitted to practise in Australia. Brad
teaches and researches across the disciplines of law and geography,
taking critical and cross-jurisdictional approaches to his work. His
Ph.D.researchexploresconceptsofenvironmentalandecologicaljustice
in environmental law. Brad has also recently researched and published
ontheregulationofmarineprotectedareasacrossjurisdictionalbound-
aries, on public environmental law reform and transnational environ-
mentaldiscoursesinwindenergydisputes.
professor kim rubenstein isProfessorandDirectoroftheCentre
for International and Public Law in the ANU College of Law at the
Australian National University and inaugural Convenor of the ANU
Gender Institute. A graduate of the University of Melbourne and
Harvard University, Kim’s current research projects are at the cutting
edgeoftheintersectionbetweenpublicandinternationallaw.Herpublic
lawworkspansconstitutionalandadministrativelaw,andalsoincludes
her expertise in citizenship law. Her international law work focuses on
the status of nationality. Her book, Australian Citizenship Law in
Context (2002) represents the foundation of her continued scholarly
work,looking at the disjuncture betweenthe exclusive legalnotionand
themoreinclusivenormativeunderstandingofcitizenship.
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