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Author : John H. Knox,Ramin Pejan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108421195
This book considers and clarifies many different facets of the international human right to a healthy environment.
Author : David R. Boyd
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774821636
The right to a healthy environment has been the subject of extensive philosophical debates that revolve around the question: Should rights to clean air, water, and soil be entrenched in law? David Boyd answers this by moving beyond theoretical debates to measure the practical effects of enshrining the right in constitutions. His pioneering analysis of 193 constitutions and the laws and court decisions of more than 100 nations in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa reveals a positive correlation between constitutional protection and stronger environmental laws, smaller ecological footprints, superior environmental performance, and improved quality of life.
Author : David R. Boyd
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774824156
Canada has abundant natural wealth, beautiful landscapes, vast forests, and thousands of rivers and lakes. The land defines Canadians as a people, yet the country has one of the industrialized world's worst environmental records. Building on his previous book, The Environmental Rights Revolution (2012), David R. Boyd describes how recognizing the constitutional right to a healthy environment could have a transformative impact by empowering citizens, holding governments and industry accountable, and improving Canada's green record. This important and provocative book provides a road map to protect human health, the well-being of the planet, and the interests of future generations.
Author : Romina Picolotti,Jorge Daniel Taillant
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0816529345
Es un libro de consulta valiosa que explora el territorio desconocido que hay entre la legislación ambiental y de los derechos humanos. Más que un tratado teórico, se argumenta que el activismo de los derechos humanos representa una oportunidad importante para hacer frente a las consecuencias humanas de la degradación del medio ambiente y puede servir como un catalizador de ideas y acciones inspiradoras en el mundo real -- Contraportada.
Author : Tim Hayward,Reader in the School of Social and Political Studies Tim Hayward
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199278671
This book shows why a fundamental right to an adequate environment ought to be provided in the constitution of any modern democratic state. It explains why the right to an environment adequate for one's health and well-being is a genuine human right and why it ought to be constitutionalised.
Author : Bridget Lewis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789811319600
This book examines the current status of environmental human rights at the international, regional, and national levels and provides a critical analysis of possible future developments in this area, particularly in the context of a changing climate. It examines various conceptualisations of environmental human rights, including procedural rights relating to the environment, constitutional environmental rights, the environmental dimensions of existing human rights such as the rights to water, health, food, housing and life, and the notion of a stand-alone human right to a healthy environment. The book addresses the topic from a variety of perspectives, drawing on underlying theories of human rights as well as a range of legal, political, and pragmatic considerations. It examines the scope of current human rights, particularly those enshrined in international and regional human rights law, to explore their application and enforceability in relation to environmental problems, identifying potential barriers to more effective implementation. It also analyses the rationale for constitutional recognition of environmental rights and considers the impact that this area of law has had, both in terms of achieving stronger environmental protection and environmental justice, as well as in influencing the development of human rights law more generally. The book identifies climate change as the key environmental challenge facing the global community, as well as a major cause of negative human rights impacts. It examines the contribution that environmental human rights might make to rights-based approaches to climate change.
Author : Stefan Theil
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108835145
A practical human rights approach strengthens environmental protection without requiring radical departures from established protection regimes and legal principles.
Author : Megan Clendenan
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781459826816
Everyone depends on clean air to breathe, safe water to drink and healthy soil for growing food. But what if your drinking water is dangerous, your air is polluted and your soil is toxic? What can you do about that? Do you have the right to demand change? Fresh Air, Clean Water: Defending Our Right to a Healthy Environment explores the connections between our environment and our health, and why the right to live in a healthy environment should be protected as a human right. The book features profiles of kids around the world who are taking action and important environmental rights court cases. Hear the powerful stories of those fighting for change.
Author : Lynda Collins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000418316
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.
Author : Stephen J. Turner,Dinah L. Shelton,Jona Razzaque,Owen McIntyre,James R. May
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108482240
A comprehensive and systematic guide to environmental rights and their relationship with standards of protection globally, nationally and locally.
Author : Maya K. Van Rossum,Rossum Maya van
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : 1633310213
2017 INDIE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD FINALIST "A rallying cry . . . Everyone who is concerned about the welfare of all species, including human beings. Please read this important book." --Richard Louv, chairman emeritus of the Children & Nature Network and author of LAST CHILD IN THE WOODS and THE NATURE PRINCIPLE The Constitutional Change We Need to Protect Our Priceless Natural Resources For decades, activists have relied on federal and state legislation to fight for a cleaner environment. And for decades, they've been fighting a losing battle. The sad truth is, our laws are designed to accommodate pollution rather than prevent it. It's no wonder people feel powerless when it comes to preserving the quality of their water, air, public parks, and special natural spaces. But there is a solution, argues veteran environmentalist Maya K. van Rossum: bypass the laws and turn to the ultimate authority--our state and federal constitutions. In 2013, van Rossum and her team won a watershed legal victory that not only protected Pennsylvania communities from ruthless frackers but affirmed the constitutional right of people in the state to a clean and healthy environment. Following this victory, van Rossum inaugurated the Green Amendment movement, dedicated to empowering every American community to mobilize for constitutional change. Now, with The Green Amendment, van Rossum lays out an inspiring new agenda for environmental advocacy, one that will finally empower people, level the playing field, and provide real hope for communities everywhere. Readers will discover how legislative environmentalism has failed communities across America, the transformational difference environmental constitutionalism can make, the economic imperative of environmental constitutionalism, and how to take action in their communities. We all have the right to pure water, clean air, and a healthy environment. It's time to claim that right--for our own sake and that of future generations.
Author : John Scanlon,Angela Cassar,Noémi Nemes
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 2831707854
Formally acknowledging water as a human right could encourage the international community and governments to enhance their efforts to satisfy basic human needs and to meet the Millennium Development Goals. But critical questions arise in relation to a right to water. What would be the benefits and content of such a right? What mechanisms would be required for its effective implementation? Should the duty be placed on governments alone, or should the responsibility also be borne by private actors? Is another 'academic debate' on this subject warranted when action is really what is necessary? Without claiming to prescribe the answers, this publication clearly and carefully sets out the competing arguments and the challenges.
Author : Shelly Hiller Marguerat
Publisher : Springer
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319979007
This book explores the current notion and definition of property, and its interpretation and implementation in relation to the environment. The author examines two primary problems: the degradation of land, natural resources and animal abuse; and the increasing erosion of private property rights from property owners by the arbitrary interference of state governments. Examining texts from antiquity to contemporary legislation, it portrays the historical development of the understanding of “nature” as “property” and discusses our obligations towards the environment. Drawing on the most influential political-philosophical texts from all periods of property rights history, the author analyzes modern national and international legislation and case law to offer legally-grounded evidence and explanations. This book advocates the incorporation of a formula that guarantees the protection of property rights into the legal system, and imposes clear and effective responsibility on property owners to limit the use of natural resources and the abuse of animals. This book will appeal to practitioners, researchers and students with an interest in environmental and private property law.
Author : Burns H. Weston,David Bollier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139620598
The vast majority of the world's scientists agree: we have reached a point in history where we are in grave danger of destroying Earth's life-sustaining capacity. But our attempts to protect natural ecosystems are increasingly ineffective because our very conception of the problem is limited; we treat 'the environment' as its own separate realm, taking for granted prevailing but outmoded conceptions of economics, national sovereignty and international law. Green Governance is a direct response to the mounting calls for a paradigm shift in the way humans relate to the natural environment. It opens the door to a new set of solutions by proposing a compelling new synthesis of environmental protection based on broader notions of economics and human rights and on commons-based governance. Going beyond speculative abstractions, the book proposes a new architecture of environmental law and public policy that is as practical as it is theoretically sound.
Author : Silver Donald Cameron
Publisher : Paper Tiger Enterprises Limited
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0995233802
Air, water, food - these are the sources of life. Without them, we die. And in most nations -- more than 180 countries, in fact - citizens are legally entitled to these essential elements of life. In some countries, Mother Nature herself has legal rights. But not in Canada or the United States. In Warrior Lawyers, courageous and dedicated lawyers from nine countries tell their own stories of trail-blazing lawsuits that have transformed nations and changed history. Impoverished Argentinians win a multi-billion-dollar cleanup of the Riachuelo River in Buenos Aires. An innovative foundation forces the Dutch government to take dramatic action on climate change. Ecuadorian natives and peasants defeat mighty Chevron in a $9.5 billion action for fouling the Amazon rain forest. The Supreme Court of the Philippines asserts the rights of future generations to a healthy, bountiful world. Behind these victories is a set of dedicated lawyers whose true client is the Earth herself. Warrior Lawyers includes 15 extended interviews with lawyers from five continents, and Silver Donald Cameron contributes a long essay discussing the importance of these lawyers and their work -- and the opportunities that environmental rights offer to both Canadians and Americans. The author of 17 previous books, Cameron is host and executive producer of the companion documentary film Green Rights: The Human Right to a Healthy World, (www.GreenRIghts.com ), in which many of the warrior lawyers also appear. This full-length film is produced and directed by Chris Beckett. Cameron and Beckett also operate the subscription web site, www.TheGreenInterview.com, where full-length original versions of these interviews are posted, along with dozens of others, in video and audio as well as text, "A powerful read for anyone who cares about our planet." Robin R. Milam, Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature "Moving, terrifying, inspirational - these stories stand as a beacon of hope in our troubled world. " Maude Barlow, The Council of Canadians "Intriguing and inspiring -- Cameron, a green warrior himself, and a great story-teller, deftly writes of legal battles won and those to come." Maggie Siggins, Governor-General's Award-winning author of Revenge of the Land
