Book Review, David R. Boyd, The Right to a Healthy Environment, Revitalizing Canada's Constitution (UBC Press, W. Wesley Pue General Ed., 2012)
36 Human Rights Quarterly 258 (2014)
10 Pages Posted: 17 May 2014 Last revised: 30 Jul 2014
Date Written: February 16, 2014
Abstract
Boyd’s new book, The Right to a Healthy Environment, attempts to prove that Canadians would benefit if they amended their constitution to recognize the right to a healthy environment. Throughout this work, he emphasizes the general benefits of recognizing environmental rights as human rights and the positive impact recognizing these rights in the Canadian constitution would have on the lives of Canadian citizens. He examines the gradual domestic emergence of environmental rights both in Canadian law and from a global perspective. By including both viewpoints, Boyd attempts to identify the complexities and intricate questions that arise regarding various environmental issues both at local and global levels. He asserts that the environmental rights of today will affect future generations and encourages Canadians to think of what they will be passing on to their children.
Keywords: Book review, human rights, environmenal law, environmental rights, Canada
JEL Classification: K23, K32, K33
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