John W Head

International Law and Agroecological Husbandry

Building Legal Foundations for a New Agriculture

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Produktbeschreibung

This book shows how possibilities for greater food security can only be achieved through changes in legal instruments and institutions at the global level.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 446
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 621g
• ISBN-13: 9780367029876
• ISBN-10: 0367029871
• Artikelnr.: 56926348

Autorenporträt

John W. Head is Wagstaff Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. He is the author of several books on international law.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Orientation and Preview 1. Reconceptualizing Agriculture and its
Legal Framework Part 2: The Failure of Modern Extractive Agriculture 2.
Modern Extractive Agriculture is Economically Unsustainable 3. Modern
Extractive Agriculture is Ecologically and Socially Unsustainable Part 3:
The Promise of Agroecological Husbandry 4. What is Agroecological
Husbandry? 5. Realizing the Advantages of Agroecological Husbandry over
Modern Extractive Agriculture Part 4: Building New Legal Foundations for
Agroecological Husbandry 6. Necessary Changes in Substantive National Law
7. A New Collaborative Global Legal Framework for Agroecological Husbandry
Part 5: Conclusion 8. Pluralistic Sovereignty and Eco-States? Appendix A
"Bare-Bones Legal and Policy Brief": Building Worldwide Legal Foundations
for a New Agriculture