Joshua C. Gellers

The Global Emergence of Constitutional Environmental Rights (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315524399
• Artikelnr.: 48417517

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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

Rezensionen

In his superbly-written new book, Professor Josh Gellers offers us an exciting, radically different and ground-breaking transdisciplinary perspective on the emergence of constitutional environmental rights through an innovative application of social science methods and empirical inquiries. As a leading political scientist and legal scholar, Professor Gellers is perfectly placed to pry open restrictive methodological approaches, providing as he does, fresh insights for lawyers to appreciate why countries actually adopt constitutional environmental rights.

Professor Louis J. Kotzé

Research Professor, North-West University, South Africa

In this exciting comparative environmental travelogue, Gellers maintains with wealth of impressive empirical evidence that international environmental norms make and mould 'state identities' and shape the design of national constitutions. All those especially interested in green governance and Anthropocene justice should find this rich work very rewarding.

Upendra Baxi

Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Warwick and Delhi

The author's novel interdisciplinary analytical device called "a world cultural framework of constitutional environmental rights" incorporating theories from international relations, sociology and law, seeks to improve our understanding of the emergence of environmental rights. He does so by skillfully drawing upon quantitative and qualitative analyses involving Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Sumudu Atapattu

Director of Research Centers at University of Wisconsin Law School