International environmental law as a complex adaptive system

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-24

  Kim, Rakhyun E ^a,c   Mackey, Brendan ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive governance; Complex adaptive systems; Complexity; Earth system; Emergence; International environmental law; Self organization

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM; EARTH; EMERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EVOLUTION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; NATURAL SELECTION; SELF ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84893582819     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-013-9225-2     Document Type: Review

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