Abstract
About the Topic:
This talk by Godwin Dzah focused on his pioneering book which analyzes and reimagines the concept of sustainable development in international law from a non-Western legal perspective. Built upon the intersection of law, politics, and history in the context of Africa, its peoples and their experiences, customary law and other legal cosmologies, this ground-breaking study applies a critical legal analysis to Africa’s interaction with conceptualising and operationalising sustainable development. It proposes a turn to non-Western legal normativity as the foundational principle for reimagining sustainable development in international law. It highlights eco-legal philosophies and principles in remaking sustainable development, where ecological integrity assumes a central focus in the reimagined conceptualization and operationalization of sustainable development. While this original book highlights Africa as its analytical pivot, its arguments and proposals are useful beyond Africa. Godwin Eli Kwadzo Dzah illuminates our current thinking on sustainable development in international law by connecting global discourses on nature, the environment, rights and development.
About the speaker:
is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Alberta. His research interests include international, environmental, and comparative law. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Osgoode Hall Law School, a visiting fellow at the Schulich School of Law, and a United Nations (UN) fellow at the Office of Legal Affairs, UN Secretariat in New York. He holds a BA and LLB from the University of Ghana, an LLM from the Harvard Law School, and a PhD from the Allard School of Law. He has received several awards including being a two-time recipient of the John Humphrey Fellowship awarded by the Canadian Council on International Law, and his doctoral research was awarded the Allard Law PhD Dissertation Prize. He has acted as a consultant to government and international agencies on law, environment, and development.
This talk by Godwin Dzah focused on his pioneering book which analyzes and reimagines the concept of sustainable development in international law from a non-Western legal perspective. Built upon the intersection of law, politics, and history in the context of Africa, its peoples and their experiences, customary law and other legal cosmologies, this ground-breaking study applies a critical legal analysis to Africa’s interaction with conceptualising and operationalising sustainable development. It proposes a turn to non-Western legal normativity as the foundational principle for reimagining sustainable development in international law. It highlights eco-legal philosophies and principles in remaking sustainable development, where ecological integrity assumes a central focus in the reimagined conceptualization and operationalization of sustainable development. While this original book highlights Africa as its analytical pivot, its arguments and proposals are useful beyond Africa. Godwin Eli Kwadzo Dzah illuminates our current thinking on sustainable development in international law by connecting global discourses on nature, the environment, rights and development.
About the speaker:
is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Alberta. His research interests include international, environmental, and comparative law. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Osgoode Hall Law School, a visiting fellow at the Schulich School of Law, and a United Nations (UN) fellow at the Office of Legal Affairs, UN Secretariat in New York. He holds a BA and LLB from the University of Ghana, an LLM from the Harvard Law School, and a PhD from the Allard School of Law. He has received several awards including being a two-time recipient of the John Humphrey Fellowship awarded by the Canadian Council on International Law, and his doctoral research was awarded the Allard Law PhD Dissertation Prize. He has acted as a consultant to government and international agencies on law, environment, and development.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Centre for Law and the Environment at the Allard School of Law |
| Media of output | Online |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 31 2024 |