Global Environmental Constitutionalism
By: May, James R.
Contributor(s): Daly, Erin.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2016Description: 428, pp.ISBN: 9781316612842.Subject(s): Environmental law | Constitutional lawDDC classification: 344.046 Summary: Reflecting a global trend, scores of countries have affirmed that their citizens are entitled to healthy air, water and land, and that their constitution should guarantee certain environmental rights. This book examines the increasing recognition that the environment is a proper subject for protection in constitutional texts and for vindication by constitutional courts. This phenomenon, which the authors call environmental constitutionalism, represents the confluence of constitutional law, international law, human rights and environmental law. National apex and constitutional courts are exhibiting a growing interest in environmental rights, and as courts become more aware of what their peers are doing, this momentum is likely to increase. This book explains why such provisions came into being, how they are expressed, and the extent to which they have been, and might be, enforced judicially. It is a singular resource for evaluating the content of and hope for constitutional environmental rights.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
NASSDOC Library | 344.046 MAY-G (Browse shelf) | Available | 51512 |
Browsing NASSDOC Library Shelves Close shelf browser
No cover image available |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
||
344.04369792 HIV- HIV Law and Law Reform Asia and the Pacific | 344.046 att-; Impact of international environmental regulations on global trade | 344.046 ENV Environmental law across cultures / | 344.046 MAY-G Global Environmental Constitutionalism | 344.046 SCH-E Evolution of International Environment Regimes | 344.046 WOO-E Ecological Governance | 344.04633 LAW- Law, tropical forests and carbon: the case of REDD+ |
Include Bibliography & Index.
Reflecting a global trend, scores of countries have affirmed that their citizens are entitled to healthy air, water and land, and that their constitution should guarantee certain environmental rights. This book examines the increasing recognition that the environment is a proper subject for protection in constitutional texts and for vindication by constitutional courts. This phenomenon, which the authors call environmental constitutionalism, represents the confluence of constitutional law, international law, human rights and environmental law. National apex and constitutional courts are exhibiting a growing interest in environmental rights, and as courts become more aware of what their peers are doing, this momentum is likely to increase. This book explains why such provisions came into being, how they are expressed, and the extent to which they have been, and might be, enforced judicially. It is a singular resource for evaluating the content of and hope for constitutional environmental rights.
There are no comments for this item.