Globalization, Environmental Law, and Sustainable Development in the Global South

"This book is a must-read for anyone working in international environmental law, sustainable development, or international economic law. It provides fresh perspectives on the interactions between international economic and environmental law, from a wide variety of countries in the Global South. The subject matter of the chapters is broad, spanning tax, trade and corporate law, as well as adverse impacts of oil pipelines and mitigating environmental risk in privately financed infrastructure projects. This book illustrates how critical it is for international law to serve the needs of those in the Global South. A fantastic read, highlighting authors from (or who work in) the Global South. This work fills a critical gap in the literature, illustrating the multifold implementation challenges facing the Global South. I have been waiting for a book like this to be written—and the authors and editors have done a great service to all of us who work on environmental and developmental issues involving the Global South."
Lisa Benjamin,Assistant Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.

"This book is very interesting because of the topics covered and their articulation by authors from various places. Navigating in and from environmental law (in the strict sense) is a matter of special importance in academia. Faced with the concept of development and the hegemony that certain disciplines such as economics impose, from the Global South we propose other diverse concepts, such as Summa Kaway, Summa Qamaña (Good Living and Living Well, respectively) in the Ecuadorian and Bolivian versions. The question of whether it is feasible to advance alternative constitutional approaches to the conceptualization and foundation of environmental law, environmental rights, environmental justice, the environmental state of law and rights, environmental citizenship, or environmental democracy is a great challenge that we must meet."
Gregorio Mesa Cuadros, Professor of Law and Director of the Research Group on Collective and Environmental Rights, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

"Globalization is core to environmental protection. Lately there have been developments at both international and regional levels that have great implications for the protection of the environment at the national level in the Global South. It is most gratifying to note that this book, Globalization, Environmental Law, and Sustainability in the Global South: Challenges for Implementation, presents an intellectual analysis on environmental issues of significance to the Global South. From built environment to the extractives, sustainability challenges to different legal solutions, this collection of painstakingly researched chapters offers an authoritative and indispensable knowledge on the delicate trinity of globalisation, environmental protection, and sustainability. It is a must-read for decision makers, academia and other stakeholders in the field of environmental governance in the Global South"
Ademola Oluborode Jegede,Professor of Law,University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

"Based in part on actual case studies and personal experiences in countries that some call ‘the Global South,’ the authors in this book present a wide array of useful and practical ideas beyond academic theory for the implementation of environmental law. The book further demonstrates that these countries need environmental protection to enable sustainability against colonial and post-colonial economic interests that otherwise would proliferate northern economic globalization to the benefit of the few and the detriment of the many. It is well worth the reader's while to see the issues of legal practice and implementation through the words of these authors."
M. C. Mehta, M.C. Mehta Environmental Foundation, Delhi, India