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17 - Standards in Subnational Environmental Constitutionalism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 May 2019

Stephen J. Turner
Affiliation:
University of Lincoln
Dinah L. Shelton
Affiliation:
George Washington University, Washington DC
Jona Razzaque
Affiliation:
University of the West of England, Bristol
Owen McIntyre
Affiliation:
University College Cork
James R. May
Affiliation:
Widener University School of Law, Delaware
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Summary

This chapter examines the standards that are developing in environmental constitutionalism at the subnational level in both texts and case law. Subnational governance – states, provinces states, provinces, Länder, cantons, or what some refer to as the ‘meso-level’ that exists between the national government and local governments – provides the most direct mechanism for advancing local interests and protecting basic human environmental rights that have a parochial significance. Good practices, which may evolve into standards, are developing because some subnational constitutions are far more intricate and complex than those that exist at the federal level, and can result in illuminating judicial decisions. Thus, subnational constitutions can provide additional proving grounds for environmental constitutionalism around the globe.
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Environmental Rights
The Development of Standards
, pp. 367 - 382
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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