Natural resources and the green economy : : redefining the challenges for people, states and corporations / / edited by Elena Blanco and Jona Razzaque.

• TeilnehmendeR: Merino-Blanco, Elena.; Razzaque, Jona.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Queen Mary Studies in International Law 10.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Considering that natural resources or green capital are the drivers of globalisation, this book focuses on the link between investment, trade and natural resource management in the context of the growing economic inequalities between states. It argues that there is a need to pay attention to the environmental and social conflicts arising out of economic globalisation and the response of regulatory and institutional mechanisms to the challenges of rapid resource depletion. This book will provide the readers a better understanding of the overlapping legal regimes, disagreement and diversities of legal processes, and the benefits and risks associated with sustainable management of the natural resource sector.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Elena Blanco and Jona Razzaque -- Introduction / Elena Blanco and Jona Razzaque -- Rethinking Investment Contracts through a Sustainable Development Lens / Lorenzo Cotula -- China’s Engagement with Latin America: Partnership or Plunder? / Carmen G. Gonzalez -- Resource Sovereignty in the Global Environmental Order / Jona Razzaque -- The Right to Water in South Africa: Constitutional Managerialism and a Call for Pluralism / Nathan Cooper and Duncan French -- Food Security, Biofuels and Corporate Sustainability / Thomas West -- Corporate Social Responsibility and the Defence of Human Rights / Shanta Martin -- Natural Resources Management: Protecting Fisheries in the 21st Century / Malgosia Fitzmaurice -- Extractive Industries, Corruption and Transparency / Indira Carr and Elina Konstantinidou -- Index / Elena Blanco and Jona Razzaque.