Private Law Theory

The 2020s are becoming a pivotal decade for international environmental human rights law. Almost every major international human rights body has recently pronounced on the relationship between human rights and climate change (or is due to do so shortly). At the same time, there has been a rapid growth in theorising about the philosophical foundations of environmental human rights. This theorising has informed the arguments of practitioners, shaped climate change advisory opinions, and been cited in judicial opinions. This conference will examine how recent developments in the legal practice should be understood at the level of theory … (more)