Sustainable Development and Fragmentation in International Society

24 Pages Posted: 28 Oct 2009

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Jaye Ellis

McGill University - Faculty of Law

Date Written: October 27, 2009

Abstract

At the heart of sustainable development is a concern for integration among environmental, economic and social fields of endeavour. Yet fragmentation among specialised bodies of law, and among fields of expert knowledge, can be seen as a response to the growing complexity of modern society and of its interactions with its environment. Drawing on insights from autopoietic theory, I question whether sustainable development's integrative project is tenable, and ask what other means are available for interaction and collaboration among specialised systems. Attention is focused on the creation of networks among legal regimes, as proposed by Fischer-Lescano and Teubner.

Keywords: Public international law, international environmental law, sustainable development, autopoietic theory

Suggested Citation

Ellis, Jaye, Sustainable Development and Fragmentation in International Society (October 27, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1495228 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1495228

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