The Right to the Protection of a Healthy Environment - International and Comparative Perspective

The incorporation of a right to (the protection of) a healthy environment in the Constitution or an obligation for the government to protect the environment or to make careful use of the country's natural resources has become a very popular notion over the last few decades. The constitutions of over a hundred countries presently contain such a provision in some form or other. In this book the author investigates the pratical legal consequences of such a right and analyses the added value of the Aarhus Convention.

About the author

Prof. Dr. Luc Lavrysen teaches Environmental Law at Ghent University(Belgium). He is a Judge in the Belgian Constitutional Court and President of the EU Forum of Judges for the Environment.

Product details

• Authors: Luc Lavrysen
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2012
• EAN: 9783659165894
• ISBN: 978-3-659-16589-4
• No. of pages: 72
• Subject: Guides > Law, job, finance > Other law