Law and Governance of Mining and Minerals: A Global Perspective

The book explores a disciplinary matrix for the study of the law and governance concerning mining and minerals from a global perspective, highlighting the challenges of achieving Agenda 2030 and the transition to low-carbon circular economies. It calls for a cosmopolitan academic discipline to be built and identifies research agenda for further studies.

Format: Hardback
Length: 248 pages
Publication date: 10 December 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The book explores a disciplinary matrix for the study of the law and governance concerning mining and minerals from a global perspective, considering the key challenges of achieving the goals of Agenda 2030 and the transition to low-carbon circular economies. The perspective encompasses the multi-faceted and highly complex interaction of multiple fields of international law and policy, soft law and standards, domestic laws and regulations, and local levels of ordering of social relations. What emerges is a largely neglected, unsystematised, and under-theorised field of study which lies at the intersection of the global economy, environmental sustainability, human rights, and social equity. However, it also underlies the many loopholes to address at all levels, most notably at the local level – land and land holders, artisanal miners, ecosystems, local economies, local linkages, and development. The book calls for a truly cosmopolitan academic discipline to be built and identifies challenges to do so. It also sets a research agenda for further studies in this fast-changing field.

Weight: 526g
Dimension: 163 x 240 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781849463454