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1 Introduction 1 Introduction
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2 Origin and Evolution 2 Origin and Evolution
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3 Meaning 3 Meaning
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4 Legal Status and Function 4 Legal Status and Function
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4.1 International Agreements 4.1 International Agreements
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4.2 Customary International Law 4.2 Customary International Law
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4.3 General Principles of Law Recognized by Major Legal Systems 4.3 General Principles of Law Recognized by Major Legal Systems
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4.4 Sustainable Development in Municipal (Domestic) Law 4.4 Sustainable Development in Municipal (Domestic) Law
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5 Implications for Principles of International Environmental Law 5 Implications for Principles of International Environmental Law
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5.1 Integration 5.1 Integration
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5.2 Equity and the Duty to Cooperate 5.2 Equity and the Duty to Cooperate
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5.3 Precaution 5.3 Precaution
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6 Implications for Tools of International Environmental Law 6 Implications for Tools of International Environmental Law
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6.1 Transparency, Public Participation, and Access to Justice 6.1 Transparency, Public Participation, and Access to Justice
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6.2 Impact Assessment and Accounting Techniques 6.2 Impact Assessment and Accounting Techniques
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7 Conclusions 7 Conclusions
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Recommended Reading Recommended Reading
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26 Sustainable Development
Get accessDaniel Barstow Magraw is President of the Center for International Environmental Law in Washington DC, United States. He was a US government official for ten years, during which time he participated in negotiating environmental, trade and other international instruments.
Lisa D. Hawke was a Law Fellow at the Center for International Environmental Law from 2005–6. Currently, she works for a large energy company. She is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and New York and lives in New York City.
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Published:August 2008
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Introduction
The paradigm of sustainable development evolved over many years through attempts to take account of concerns regarding economic development, environmental protection (including human health), and social development (including human rights). Its adoption and core content evidence a profound change in the way society views the relationship between economic activity and the natural environment. Nevertheless, although sustainable development is now viewed by the international community as the overarching framework for improving quality of life throughout the world (and by many as the best approach to maintaining a healthy planet), important disagreements exist about its precise meaning and implications, and resistance to it still surfaces from time to time. This chapter examines the evolution and content of the concept of ‘sustainable development’, its legal status and function, and its implications for principles and tools of international environmental law.
Origin and Evolution
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