Global Environmental Constitutionalism

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Environmental, Business & Finance
Cover of the book Global Environmental Constitutionalism by James R. May, Erin Daly, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: James R. May, Erin Daly ISBN: 9781316222966
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: November 17, 2014
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: James R. May, Erin Daly
ISBN: 9781316222966
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: November 17, 2014
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

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.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Culture by James R. May, Erin Daly
Cover of the book Models of Man by James R. May, Erin Daly
Cover of the book Alan Bush, Modern Music, and the Cold War by James R. May, Erin Daly
Cover of the book The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 4, Christianity in Western Europe, c.1100–c.1500 by James R. May, Erin Daly
Cover of the book The 'Red Terror' and the Spanish Civil War by James R. May, Erin Daly
Cover of the book South Korea since 1980 by James R. May, Erin Daly
Cover of the book Fighting Fair by James R. May, Erin Daly
Cover of the book Revisiting the Origins of Human Rights by James R. May, Erin Daly
Cover of the book East Asian Labor and Employment Law by James R. May, Erin Daly
Cover of the book The Science of Strategic Conservation by James R. May, Erin Daly
Cover of the book Myth and Philosophy in Plato's Phaedrus by James R. May, Erin Daly
Cover of the book Foundations of Ergodic Theory by James R. May, Erin Daly
Cover of the book Cicero on Politics and the Limits of Reason by James R. May, Erin Daly
Cover of the book The Origins of Health and Disease by James R. May, Erin Daly
Cover of the book The Pantheon by James R. May, Erin Daly
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy