LAWS666 — Unit 1 — Readings and Viewings

Introduction on Background

1/3 Please read for our first class the following non-legal materials

Mahathir bin Mohamad, Greening of the World to a Better Living: Address by the Prime Minister of Malaysia at the Official Opening of the Second Ministerial Conference of Developing Countries on Environment and Development, on 27 April 1992. Kuala Lumpur; Jabatan perkhidmatan Penerangan Malaysia, 1992

Linnan, “A Common View of Development: Richer Versus Better, and Who Decides?” in W El-Ansary & D Linnan, eds, Muslim and Christian Understanding: Theory and Application of “A Common Word,” at 235-57 (Palgrave MacMillan, 2010)

Porter, Gareth and Janet Welsh Brown. Global Environmental Politics. Boulder; Westview Press, 1991. pp 15-33

2/3 Please study the maps and explanations at “Map of the Week: ‘Market Size By Gross Domestic Product, 1995’” (Mappenstance, U Richmond Blog 11/03/14) and biodiversitymapping.org. Then read and consider Climate Change and the 75% problem:  The five areas where we need innovation (Bill Gates Blog 10/17/18) and A warmer world will hurt this group more than any other:  We need to help the world’s poorest people adapt to climate change (Bill Gates Blog 03/16/21).  Meanwhile, you will note that Bill Gates used as his guide worldwide averages, but the share of specific sectors like transportation is significantly greater in the United States (compare Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, EPA 2019).

3/3 Please read the following legal (thought) materials
Sulistiawati & Linnan, “Covid- 19 offers preview of environmental threats” (Straits Times 05/02/20)

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