Environmental Law and Sustainable Development

Contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. List of acronyms. Introduction. 1. Emergence of environmental jurisprudence. 2. Conceptual analysis of sustainable development. 3. International concern for environment protection and sustainable development. 4. National strategies for environmental sustainability. 5. Right to life and environmental sustainability. 6. Intellectual property rights, biodiversity and sustainable environment. 7. Judicial activism and environmental sustainability with special reference to right to life. 8. Conclusions and suggestions. Table of cases. Bibliography. Index.

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