Document Type
Article
Disciplines
International Law
Abstract
Intensified anthropogenic effects have accompanied rapid social and economic development. Since in many instances such effects are adverse, human behavior which disturbs the environment must be regulated in accordance with ecological requirements based on an analysis of practice and a knowledge of the objective laws that determine the interaction between society and nature.
Law is one of the most effective instruments for managing human behavior and all countries extensively utilize it in this capacity. The ability of law to adapt ecological requirements and express them in the form of generally binding rules of conduct allows for the resolution of environmental problems and the assurance of rational utilization of natural resources at both the national and international levels. Through use, law develops, takes on new features and qualitative peculiarities and aids the development of additional legal doctrine.
Modern theory and practice link law that governs the interaction of society and nature with the emergence and gradual formation of a new branch of law, "environmental" or "ecological" law. The terminology still is developing; in addition to the concepts of "environmental law" and "ecological law," even more widely used notions of "legal protection of nature," "nature conservation law" and "natural resource law" exist. It is suggested, however, that the laconic nature of "ecological law" makes it more suitable for theory and practice.
Recommended Citation
Kolbasov, O. S., "The Concept of Ecological Law" (1989). Connecticut Journal of International Law. 101.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/cjil/101
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