Comparative Environmental Constitutionalism

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Erin Daly

Widener University Delaware Law School

James R. May

Washburn University - Washburn University School of Law; Widener University Delaware Law School; Haub School of Law at Pace University

Date Written: September 8, 2015

Abstract

This chapter serves as a primer about global environmental constitutionalism, a relatively recent phenomenon at the confluence of constitutional law, international law, human rights, and environmental law that embodies the recognition that the environment is a proper subject for protection in constitutional texts and for vindication by constitutional courts worldwide.

Keywords: environmental law, constitutional law, comparative law

JEL Classification: K32, K10

Suggested Citation

Daly, Erin and May, James, Comparative Environmental Constitutionalism (September 8, 2015). Jindal Global Law Review, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 9, Widener University Delaware Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 15-19, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2657744

Erin Daly

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Widener University Delaware Law School ( email )

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