Re-visiting old ideas in order to craft an effective modern international environmental Law Regulatory Framework

The most compelling arguments which have explored how effective environmental protection could be secured through regulatory means have arguably been those that have proposed the turn to international environmental organisation-style institutions to direct regulatory efforts. Sadly, these proposals...

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Main Author: Madebwe, Tinashe
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description The most compelling arguments which have explored how effective environmental protection could be secured through regulatory means have arguably been those that have proposed the turn to international environmental organisation-style institutions to direct regulatory efforts. Sadly, these proposals have been unable to compel real-world change because countries have been unwilling to cede their sovereignty over aspects of the environment falling within their territories to such institutions. I argue that, over time, countries have begun to change their attitudes with respect to their sovereignty over aspects of the environment falling within their territories. While this has been occurring, constructivists have presented compelling theories with respect to how effective international regulation can be achieved. These theories have lent greater validity to fundamental assumptions which informed arguments for the turn to international environmental organisation-style institutions to direct regulatory efforts. As such, based on what I consider to be countries' changing attitudes and drawing from the compelling body of constructivist literature which has focused on what it takes to establish effective international regulatory frameworks, in this article I reconsider whether the turn to an international environmental organisation-style institution may now be feasible in the modern era.
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spelling ir-11408-13492022-06-27T13:49:06Z Re-visiting old ideas in order to craft an effective modern international environmental Law Regulatory Framework Madebwe, Tinashe Constructivism, norm, international environmental organisation, effective environmental protection The most compelling arguments which have explored how effective environmental protection could be secured through regulatory means have arguably been those that have proposed the turn to international environmental organisation-style institutions to direct regulatory efforts. Sadly, these proposals have been unable to compel real-world change because countries have been unwilling to cede their sovereignty over aspects of the environment falling within their territories to such institutions. I argue that, over time, countries have begun to change their attitudes with respect to their sovereignty over aspects of the environment falling within their territories. While this has been occurring, constructivists have presented compelling theories with respect to how effective international regulation can be achieved. These theories have lent greater validity to fundamental assumptions which informed arguments for the turn to international environmental organisation-style institutions to direct regulatory efforts. As such, based on what I consider to be countries' changing attitudes and drawing from the compelling body of constructivist literature which has focused on what it takes to establish effective international regulatory frameworks, in this article I reconsider whether the turn to an international environmental organisation-style institution may now be feasible in the modern era. 2016-05-17T09:35:39Z 2016-05-17T09:35:39Z 2015-06 Article 1461-4529 http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/envirlr17&div=14&start_page=100&collection=journals&set_as_cursor=0&men_tab=srchresults http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1349 en Environmental Law Review;Vol. 17, Issue 2; p. 100-116 open Sage Publications
spellingShingle Constructivism, norm, international environmental organisation, effective environmental protection
Madebwe, Tinashe
Re-visiting old ideas in order to craft an effective modern international environmental Law Regulatory Framework
title Re-visiting old ideas in order to craft an effective modern international environmental Law Regulatory Framework
title_full Re-visiting old ideas in order to craft an effective modern international environmental Law Regulatory Framework
title_fullStr Re-visiting old ideas in order to craft an effective modern international environmental Law Regulatory Framework
title_full_unstemmed Re-visiting old ideas in order to craft an effective modern international environmental Law Regulatory Framework
title_short Re-visiting old ideas in order to craft an effective modern international environmental Law Regulatory Framework
title_sort re-visiting old ideas in order to craft an effective modern international environmental law regulatory framework
topic Constructivism, norm, international environmental organisation, effective environmental protection
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