Tim Hayward

Constitutional Environmental Rights

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Should the fundamental right to an adequate environment be provided in the constitution of any modern democratic state? Drawing on precedents from around the world, this book provides the first politically-focused analysis of this pivotal issue. Hayward compellingly demonstrates how the right is both necessary and effective, conducive to democracy, and serves the cause of international environmental justice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780199278671
• ISBN-10: 0199278679
• Artikelnr.: 21724510

Autorenporträt

Reader in the School of Social and Political Studies, University of Edinburgh

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: The Case for a Human Right to an Adequate Environment
* 2: Constitutionalizing the Right to an Adequate Environment:
Challenges of Principle
* 3: The Challenge of Effective Implementation
* 4: Environmental Rights as Democratic Rights
* 5: Is a Constitutional Right Necessary? A European Perspective
* 6: Environmental Rights and Environmental Justice: A Global
Perspective
* Conclusion