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This chapter first examines some of the problems with international and national law that will need to be faced in moving toward sustainable development. This introduction is followed by a review of the role of law in sustainable development decisionmaking. Next, the chapter discusses the problems with the science-law and economics-law interfaces and then concludes with a discussion of some additional problems in implementing sustainable development law.
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Brown, D.A. (1995). The Role of Law in Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection Decisionmaking. In: Lemons, J., Brown, D.A. (eds) Sustainable Development: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy. Environmental Science and Technology Library, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8492-0_5
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