Evolution and Innovations in Environmental Constitutionalism: Introduction and Overview

Event: Asia Pacific Judicial Colloquium on Climate Change: Using Constitutions to Advance Environmental Rights and Achieve Climate Justice

Evolution and Innovations in Environmental Constitutionalism: Introduction and Overview

26 February 2018
Author / Speaker: 
James May, Widener University - Email the author | Other materials by the author

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Global environmental constitutionalism is the study and implementation of ways to advance positive environmental outcomes through constitutional means. To date, about 167 nations have constitutionalized environmental objectives.

Geographical Focus: 
Global
Type of Content: 
Learning Event

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