The Earth Charter, Ecological Integrity and Social Movements

Prologue: Summons to a New Axial Age: The Promise, Limits, and Future of the Earth Charter Preface Introduction Part 1: The Earth Charter and the Search for Common Ground 1. The Rule of Law Grounded in the Earth: Ecological Integrity as a Grundnorm 2. The Earth Charter, the Commons and the Common Heritage of Mankind Principle 3. Realising Earth Democracy: Governance from Below Part 2: International Law, Ethics and Social Movements 4. The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Presenting the Problem as the Solution 5. Norms For Scientific Claims Made in The Face of Scientific Uncertainty: Lessons From the Climate Change Disinformation Campaign 6. What a Difference a Disaster Makes-or Doesn't: A Comparative Case Study of Governmental and Popular Responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy Part 3: International Law, Human Rights and Ecological Integrity 7. The Law of Transboundary Groundwater 8. Oceans for Sale 9. Land Grabbing, Food Security and the Environment: Human Rights Challenges 10. Is a Green New Deal Strategy a Sustainable Response to the Social and Ecological Challenges of the Present World? 11. Frack Off! - Law, Policy, Social Resistance, Coal Seam Gas Mining and the Earth Charter Part 4: Indigenous Voices for Integrity 12. Canadian Avatar: Reshaping Relationships Through Indigenous Resistance 13. Sharing the River of Life: The Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign 14. Indigenous Laws and Aspirations for a Sustainable World 15. Moving Toward Global Eco-Integrity: Implementing Indigenous Conceptions of Nature in a Western Legal System Part 5: Government Decisions, Environmental Policies and Social Movements 16. Society, Changes and Social Movements: The Case of Brazil 17. Environmental Sustainability Beyond The Law: A Venezuelan Perspective 18. Costa Rica: The First Latin American Country Free of Open Pit Gold Mining 19. The Earth Charter. An Environmental Policy Instrument in Mexico - a Soft Law or Hard Policy Perspective