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Journal of Human Rights and the Environment
Co-Editors in Chief: Anna Grear and Karen Morrow
Assistant Editors: Evadne Grant, University of the West of England, UK and Louis Kotze, Northwest University, South Africa
Online: http://e-elgar.metapress.com/content/121644 Co-Editors in Chief: Anna Grear, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato, New Zealand and Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Legal Research, Bristol UWE, UK and Karen Morrow, Professor of Environmental Law, University of Swansea, UK Assistant Editors: Evadne Grant, University of the West of England, UK and Louis Kotze, Northwest University, South Africa Aims and Scope‘I do not know of any journal in existence that fuses these issues. . . Literature on this issue
is growing by the day and scholars frequently have to revert to less issue-specific journals to
publish these findings. The journal. . . will provide an ideal opportunity to disseminate research findings.
Environmental and human rights issues are two of the most pressing concerns of the 21st century, and so, therefore, is the way in which these issues interact. This journal will be a timely and vital addition to the international legal literature.’
‘We have waited a long time for a journal like this. These two essential areas of concern, human rights and the environment, urgently need bringing together in this way. Only when the interface between them is fully acknowledged and clarified can we address the grave issues currently facing the world – from climate change to the impacts of globalisation.’<
The relationship between human rights and the environment is a fascinating, uneasy, and increasingly urgent one. This new international journal provides a strategic academic forum in which an extended interdisciplinary and multilayered conversation can take place concerning the challenges located at the interface of these two centrally important fields. Editorial Board The quality of the editorial board, which is made up of leading scholars with outstanding international reputations, ensures that this journal will make a unique contribution to an informed understanding of the relationship between human rights and the environment.
Volume 1, No. 1, 2010 Editorial Where Discourses Meet – Anna Grear Articles Do human rights help or hinder environmental protection? Writing about impunity and environment: the ‘Silver Jubilee’ of the Bhopal catastrophe Pedestrian democracy and the geography of hope Worth the paper that they are written on? Human rights and the environment in the
law of England and Wales Developing substantive environmental rights Book Reviews Klaus Bosselmann, The Principle of Sustainability: Transforming Law and Governance (Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2008), 242 pp. Reviewed by Willemien Du Plessis Richard P. Hiskes, The Human Right to a Green Future: Environmental Rights and
Intergenerational Justice (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009), 171 pp. Volume 1, No. 2, 2010 Contents Editorial Climate change and human rights: the defining dilemma of our times? – Karen Morrow Articles Phiri, the plight of the poor and the perils of climate change: time to rethink
environmental and socio-economic rights in South Africa? Climate change and the human right to water Climate change and environmental justice: reflections on litigation over oil
extraction and rights violations in Nigeria Human rights in the climate change regime Climate change and human rights: amicable or arrested development? Book Reviews Stephen J. Turner, A Substantive Environmental Right: an Examination of
the Legal Obligations of Decision-Makers towards the Environment Reviewed by A Ceri Warnock Volume 2, No. 1, 2011 Contents Editorial Ontological vulnerability: a viable alternate lens through which to view human/environmental relations Articles ‘… the sound of a breaking string’: critical environmental law and ontological vulnerability The vulnerable living order: human rights and the environment in a critical and philosophical perspective A vulnerable environment: contextualising law with sustainability Does climate change kill people in Darfur? Vulnerability and globalisation: mediating impacts on society Classical environmentalism and environmental human rights: an exploration of their ontological origins and differences Book Reviews Tim Stephens, International Courts and Environmental Protection (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2009) 410 pp. Kathryn Shevelow, For the Love of Animals: The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement (Henry Holt & Co., New York 2008) 320 pp. Contents Editorial Reflections on biodiversity and food supply: from the nano to the macro-political Articles The food security of the Inuit in times of change: alleviating the tension between conserving biodiversity and access to food Indigenous farmers' rights, international agricultural trade and the WTO You are what you eat: market citizens and the right to know about nano foods Food futures: system transitions towards UK food security Biodiversity and food - the WTO TRIPS negotiations Book Reviews Filomina Chioma Steady (ed), Environmental Justice in the New Millennium: Global Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity and Human Rights (Palgrave Macmillan, New York 2009) 296 pp. David Kinley, Civilizing Globalization: Human Rights and the Global Economy
(Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York 2009) 272 pp. Christopher Stone, Should Trees Have Standing? Law, Morality and the Environment, 3rd edn (Oxford University Press, London 2010) 248 pp. Contents Editorial Veiled realities: the corporation, human rights and the environment Articles International law's invisible hand and the future of corporate accountability for violations of human rights Jurisdictional arbitrage by multinational companies: a national law solution? Protracted lawfare: the tale of Chevron Texaco in the Amazon Climate change, Hans Jonas and indirect investors The trinity and the dragon: reconciling finance, human rights and the environment in China The fire next time: the coming cost of capitalism, animal oppression and environmental ruin Book Reviews Stephen Humphreys (ed), Human Rights and Climate Change (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010) William CG Burns and Hari M Osofsky (eds), Adjudicating Climate Change: State, National, and International Approaches (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009)
JHRE is a bi-annual journal covering the links and tensions between human rights and The editors seek high quality contributions of between 8,000-12,000 words from academics, practitioners and activists working either field. The journal will focus on original research, articles, commentaries and book reviews and will be aimed predominantly at academics and intellectuals working in the public sphere, engaged with the issues. The contributions will be double blind peer reviewed prior to acceptance for publication. The editors welcome submissions for future editions:-
Download the JHRE Guidelines Book review submissions should be sent to Benjamin J. Richardson (richardson@law.ubc.ca) To receive TOC alerts, please sign up at http://e-elgar.metapress.com/content/121644. Alternatively email Hilary Quinn (hquinn@e-elgar.co.uk) Subscriptions Two issues a year To place a subscription (worldwide):- The Subscriptions Dept Tel: 44 1235 465574 • Fax: 44 1235 465556 Email: subscriptions@marston.co.uk Download a flyer Information for librarians License Information In the absence of a separate license agreement, Edward Elgar Publishing follows the SERU guidelines for subscriptions to the Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, as published at the NISO SERU website: http://www.niso.org/committees/SERU/. Edward Elgar is also able to enter in to a signed license agreement with institutions if this is preferred. Two copies must be signed and sent to Hilary Quinn, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, The Lypiatts, 15 Lansdown Road, Cheltenham, GL50 2JA, UK, email hquinn@e-elgar.co.uk with any queries. Library recommendation form Recommend JHRE to your library. Library Recommendation Form PDF Rights and permissions Please direct any requests to Ruth Kirk, email:ruth@e-elgar.co.uk Useful Links The International Law and Human Rights Research Unit |
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The relationship between human rights and the environment is a fascinating, uneasy, and increasingly urgent one. This new international journal provides a strategic academic forum in which an extended interdisciplinary and multilayered conversation can take place concerning the challenges located at the interface of these two centrally important fields. Published twice a year.
