可持续性的法律和政治探索通过立法、公约、指令、条约和议定书来解决紧迫的环境问题。许多文章解释了环境法的机制以及塑造可持续发展的概念。其他人讨论案例研究和裁决，为世界各国的法律制度制定了先例，或考虑可持续发展的途径。该领域的专家和学者对国际法与国内法在保护环境方面的效力，以及现行法律对后代的影响提出了具有挑衅性的问题。它们分析了当前法律文书、公司和公共政策、社会运动和概念战略的成功与不足，为读者提供了我们必须采取的步骤预览，以制定促进真正可持续性的法律和政策。
Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, Vol. 3: Law and Politics of Sustainability
The Law and Politics of Sustainability explores efforts to address pressing environmental concerns through legislation, conventions, directives, treaties, and protocols. Many articles explain the mechanics of environmental law as well as the concepts that shape sustainable development. Others discuss case studies and rulings that have set precedents, or consider approaches to sustainable development taken by legal systems around the world. Experts and scholars in the field raise provocative questions about the effectiveness of international law versus national law in protecting the environment, and about the effect of current laws on future generations. They analyze the successes and shortcomings of present legal instruments, corporate and public policies, social movements, and conceptual strategies – offering readers a preview of steps we must take to develop laws and policies that will promote genuine sustainability.
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