The Ecological Constitution

Reframing Environmental Law
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-22872-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 140 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 319 g

Reihe: Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability

The Ecological Constitution integrates the insights of environmental constitutionalism and ecological law in a concise, engaging and accessible manner.

This book sets out the necessary components of any constitution that could be considered "ecological" in nature. In particular, it argues that an ecological constitution is one that codifies the following key principles, at a minimum: the principle of sustainability; intergenerational equity and the public trust doctrine; environmental human rights; rights of nature; the precautionary principle and non-regression; and rights and obligations relating to a healthy climate. In the context of the global environmental crisis that characterises the current Anthropocene era, these principles are important tools for changing consciousness and driving pragmatic policy reforms around the world. Re-imagining constitutions along these lines could play a vital role in the collective project of building a sustainable future for humans, animals, ecosystems and the biosphere we all share.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental law, ecological law, environmental constitutionalism, sustainability and rights of nature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collins, Lynda

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Umweltrecht allg., Technikrecht, Immissionsschutzrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Constitutionalism in the Age of Ecological Law 2. The Constitutional Imperative of Ecological Sustainability 3. Human Rights in the Ecological Constitution 4. Intergenerational Equity and the Public Trust Doctrine 5. Rights of Nature in the Ecological Constitution 6. Precaution and Non-Regression in the Ecological Constitution 7. Ecological Constitutionalism in a Changing Climate 8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Lynda Collins is a Full Professor with the Centre for Environmental Law and Global Sustainability at the University of Ottawa, Canada.