Constitutions and the Commons - The Impact of Federal Governance on Local, National, Global Resource

List of contents

Part 1: Constitutionalization of the Commons 1. Introduction 2. Natural Capital Commons and Keystone Constitutions: The Theoretical Context Part 2: Decentralization of the Commons 3. Federal Systems as a Nested Commons: The Case of United States Decentralization Part 3: Federalization of the Commons 4. Commerce in the Commons 5. Dynamic Commons Resources, Undynamic Federalism Part 4: Internationalization of the Commons 6. Domestic Federalism’s Potential Limitation on International Law: a U.S. Forest Case Study 7. Forest Commons, Climate Change, and Federalism Beyond the United States: A Survey of Federal Systems 8. Keying on Federal Systems with Weak Keystone Constitutions: The Role of Private Versus Public Forest Ownership in U.S. and Canadian Law and Policy Part 5: Fortification of Commons Constitutions 9. Forging Fail-safe Federalism by Strengthening Keystone Constitutions Conclusion

About the author

Blake Hudson is Associate Professor at both the Paul M. Hebert Law Center and the School of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, USA.

Summary

Constitutions and the Commons looks at a critical but little examined issue of the degree to which the federal constitution of a nation contributes toward or limits the ability of the national government to manage its natural resources (or commons).

Product details

• Authors: Blake Hudson, Hudson Blake
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.03.2014
• EAN: 9781617260964
• ISBN: 978-1-61726-096-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; LAW / International, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Public, LAW / Environmental, Environment law, International Environmental Law, Public international law: environment, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general