The Principle of Sustainability

Klaus Bosselmann is Professor of Law and Director of the New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law, University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law Ethics Specialist Group and Co-Chair of the Global Ecological Integrity Group. For his pioneering work on ecological approaches to law, policy and governance he received numerous awards including the Inaugural Senior Scholarship Prize of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, the global professional organization of environmental law scholars.

Contents

Foreword to the 1st edition

Introduction

Chapter One: The Meaning of Sustainability

Chapter Two: The Principle of Sustainability

Chapter Three: Ecological Justice

Chapter Four: Ecological Human Rights and Constitutions

Chapter Five: The State as Environmental Trustee

Chapter Six: Governance for Sustainability

Bibliography

Index