Sustainable Development Law : Principles, Practices, and Prospects

Hundreds of new bilateral, regional, and global treaties have been negotiated in relation to the world's most pressing sustainability, development, and justice challenges over the past two decades.The majority of these face significant implementation challenges.At the same time, disputes over human rights, environmental protection, and economic development are increasingly common. Sustainable Development Law analyses these advances and challenges in the international law on sustainable development at the intersection between international social, environmental, and economic law.It opens by examining the origins of the concept of sustainable development, identifying and discussing the foundations of its legal aspects.The principles of international law related to sustainable development are considered, based on international instruments and disputes across international courts and tribunals.Later chapters provide illustrative examples of legal instruments and regimes that address the 16