These essays were written over a period of four years of my academic
career in the Faculty of Law at the University of Dar es Salaam, where
my main assignment as a teacher was in the field of international trade
and investments (legal aspects). They were written as part of the need
to clarify for myself the deep issues involved in today's international
These essays were written over a period of four years of my academic
career in the Faculty of Law at the University of Dar es Salaam, where
my main assignment as a teacher was in the field of international trade
and investments (legal aspects). They were written as part of the need
to clarify for myself the deep issues involved in today's international
Environnement et accès aux ressources en Afrique: un document programmatique. Le but de ce document est de fournir un programme de recherche sur l'environnement et l'accès aux ressources en Afrique.
This paper reflects on the resurgence and meaning of the adaptation concept in the current climate change literature. We explore the extent to which the early political economic critique of the adaptation concept has influenced how it is used in this literature.