The Global Emergence of Constitutional Environmental Rights

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-69649-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 388 g

Reihe: Law, Justice and Ecology

Over the past 40 years, countries throughout the world have similarly adopted human rights related to environmental governance and protection in national constitutions. Interestingly, these countries vary widely in terms of geography, politics, history, resources, and wealth. This raises the question: why do some countries have constitutional environmental rights while others do not? Bringing together theory from law, political science, and sociology, a global statistical analysis, and a comparative study of constitutional design in South Asia, Gellers presents a comprehensive response to this important question. Moving beyond normative debates and anecdotal developments in case law, as well as efforts to describe and categorize such rights around the world, this book provides a systematic analysis of the expansion of environmental rights using social science methods and theory. The resulting theoretical framework and empirical evidence offer new insights into how domestic and international factors interact during the constitution drafting process to produce new law that is both locally relevant and globally resonant. Scholars, practitioners, and students of law, political science, and sociology interested in understanding how institutions cope with complex problems like environmental degradation and human rights violations will find this book to be essential reading.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gellers, Joshua C.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Umweltrecht allg., Technikrecht, Immissionsschutzrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

1 Constitutions, human rights, and the environment

2 National constitutions in world society

3 The global expansion of environmental rights

4 The experiences of Nepal and Sri Lanka

5 Constitutions for a greener future?

Appendix: Technical discussion of qualitative research methodology

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Joshua C. Gellers is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Florida and Fulbright Scholar to Sri Lanka. His work focuses on environmental rights and sustainable development. His articles have appeared in International Environmental Agreements, Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, and Transnational Environmental Law.