The gnat is older than man : global environment and human agenda /

Bibliografski detalji
Glavni autor: Stone, Christopher D.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Jezik:engleski
Izdano: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press ©1993 (1995 printing)
Online pristup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8595658
Sadržaj:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter I: Diagnosis: The Earth Has Cancer, and the Cancer Is Man
  • In the Doctor's Judgment
  • Diagnosis at Rio
  • A Second, Less Foreboding Opinion
  • Prognosis: Social Choice in the Face of Uncertainty
  • Chapter II: The Condition ofthe Earth from the Legal Perspective
  • Astronaut and Diplomat
  • A Nation's Abuse of Its Own Environment
  • Chapter III: Transboundary Pollution
  • The Preventive Techniques
  • The Reactive Techniques
  • Consensual Transboundary Pollution
  • Summary
  • Chapter IV: Managing the Global Commons
  • A Nation's "Internal" Activities Damaging the Commons
  • A Nation's Activities on the Commons Damaging the Commons
  • A Nation's Activities on the Commons Damaging Another Nation
  • Chapter V: Treaties as Antidotes
  • The Virtues of a Treaty-Based Approach
  • The Impediments to Treaty Formation
  • Under What Circumstances are International Negotiations Likely to Succeed?
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter VI: The Economist's Prescriptions: Taxes and Tradable Permits
  • The Economic Ideal
  • Institutionalizing the Economic Ideal
  • Pro Rata Cutbacks
  • Effluent Taxes
  • Tradable Emissions Permits
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter VII: Medicating the Earth: Preventatives and Remedies
  • Need Our Responses Be Fully Global?
  • Is Prevention Better than Cure?
  • The Deferred, Go-It-Alone Policy as a Second-Best Strategy
  • A Review of the Home-Grown Remedies
  • The New Generation of Legislation
  • Chapter VIII: Taking Out Calamity Insurance
  • The Application of Conventional Insurance to Climate Change
  • Modes of Government Participation
  • The International Precedents and Prospects
  • Alternative "Insurance"
  • Chapter IX: Paying the Bills: Toward a Global Commons Trust Fund
  • The Global Financing Options
  • The Global Commons Trust Fund
  • Financing Options in the Light of Domestic Policy Alternatives
  • The Virtues and Vices of Global Funds: The Donors versus the "Democrats"
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter X: The Spiritual and Moral Dimensions ofthe Environmental Crisis: Of Humankind and Gnats
  • The Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis
  • The Moral Dimensions
  • What Does an Environmental Ethic Aim For?
  • The Arguments against an Environmental Ethic
  • The Burdens an Environmental Ethic Faces
  • One Further Level of Abstraction: The Metaphysical Underpinnings
  • Notes
  • Index to Topics and Institutions
  • Index to Authors
  • Index to Conventions
  • Index to Legal Cases

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