Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Rule of Law Grounded in the Earth : Ecological Integrity as a Grundnorm / Klaus Bosselmann -- The Earth Charter, the Commons and the Common Heritage of Mankind Principle / Prue Taylor -- Realising Earth Democracy : Governance from Below / Peter Burdon -- The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights : Presenting the Problem as the Solution / Mihir Kanade -- Norms For Scientific Claims Made in The Face of Scientific Uncertainty : Lessons From the Climate Change Disinformation Campaign / Don Brown -- What a Difference a Disaster Makes-or Doesn't : A Comparative Case Study of Governmental and Popular Responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy / Sheila Collins -- The Law of Transboundary Groundwater / Joseph Dellapenna -- Oceans for Sale / Jeff Brown and Abby Sandy -- Land Grabbing, Food Security and the Environment : Human Rights Challenges / Onita Das and Evadné Grant -- Is a Green New Deal Strategy a Sustainable Response to the Social and Ecological Challenges of the Present World? / Eva Cudlínová --Frack Off!- Law, Policy, Social Resistance, Coal Seam Gas Mining and the Earth Charter / Janice Gray -- Canadian Avatar : Reshaping Relationships Through Indigenous Resistance / Kathleen Mahoney -- Sharing the River of Life : The Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign / Jack Manno -- Indigenous Laws and Aspirations for a Sustainable World / Linda Te Aho -- Moving Toward Global Eco-Integrity : Implementing Indigenous Conceptions of Nature in a Western Legal System / Catherine Iorns Magallanes -- Society, Changes and Social Movements : The Case of Brazil / Leonardo Boff and Mirian Vilela -- Environmental Sustainability Beyond The Law : A Venezuelan Perspective / María Elisa Febres -- Costa Rica : The First Latin American Country Free of Open Pit Gold Mining / Eugenia Wo Ching -- The Earth Charter : An Environmental Policy Instrument in Mexico : a Soft Law or Hard Policy Perspective / Francisco Javier Camarena Juarez.

"The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental ethical principles for building a just, sustainable and peaceful global society, with ecological integrity as a major theme. This book provides a series of analyses of ecological integrity as it relates to the Earth Charter, social movements and international law for human rights. It is shown how the Earth Charter project began as a United Nations initiative, but it was carried forward and completed by a global civil society initiative. The book also shows the strong connection between ecological integrity and social justice, particularly in the defence of indigenous people, and includes contributions from both the North and the global South, specifically from Central and South America"--