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Global environmental constitutionalism in the anthropocene / Louis J Kotze.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Portland Hart Publishing 2016Description: xiii, 281 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781509907588
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Global environmental constitutionalism in the anthropoceneDDC classification:
  • 344.046 KOT.G
Summary: Summary This book seeks to answer this central question: from the perspective of the Anthropocene, what is environmental constitutionalism and how could it be extrapolated to formulate a global framework? In answering this question, this book offers the first systematic conceptual framework for global environmental constitutionalism in the epoch of the Anthropocene. Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction I.Human Domination II.The Anthropocene's Global Socio-Ecological Crisis III.The Anthropocene's Global Socio-Ecological Crisis and the Law IV.Constitutionalism and the Anthropocene V.Environmental Constitutionalism VI.Global Aspects of Environmental Constitutionalism VII.Global Environmental Constitutionalism Through the Lens of the Anthropocene VIII.About this Book IX.Original Contribution 2.Law and the Anthropocene's Global Socio-Ecological Crisis I.Introduction II.About this Chapter III.The Anthropocene and the History of Earth IV.Turning Rock into Air: A Brief History of the Anthropocene V.The Anthropocene: What Lies Behind a Word? VI.The Anthropocene and Regulatory Institutions VII.Conclusion 3.Constitutionalism III.Constitutional Concepts A.Constitution B.Constitutionalism C.Constitutionalisation Contents note continued: D.The Constitutional State IV.The Turn Towards Constitutionalism and Counter-constitutionalism Considerations V.General Elements of the Contemporary Constitutional State A.A Constitution B.The Rule of Law C.Separation of Powers D.Judicial Independence and Powers of Review E.Constitutional Supremacy F.Democracy G.Rights VI.Conclusion 4.Global Aspects of Constitutionalism III.From the Local to the Global A.The Inappropriateness of Domestic Constitutionalism for the Global Sphere B.The Appropriateness of Domestic Constitutionalism for the Global Sphere IV.Why (Not) Constitutionalise the Global Order? A.Globalisation B.Fragmentation C.Enhanced Regulation for Global Problems D.Critiquing Global Constitutionalism V.Approaches to and Meaning of Global Constitutionalism: A Devil with Many Faces A.The Internationalist Approach B.The Regionalist Approach Contents note continued: C.The International Regulatory Regime Approach D.Global Civil Society Constitutionalism E.Transnational Comparative Constitutionalism F.Towards a Singular Vision? VI.In Search of Constitutionalism's Features in the Global Sphere A.A Global Constitution B.Global Rule of Law C.Global Separation of Powers D.The Global Judiciary E.Global Constitutional Supremacy F.Global Democracy G.Global Rights 5.The Fundamentals of Environmental Constitutionalism III.A Historical-conceptual Account of the Convergence Between Environmentalism and Constitutionalism A.Should Trees have Standing? B.Jonas and the Imperative of Responsibility C.Kloepfer's Environmental State D.Bosselmann's Ecological Rechtsstaat E.Verschuuren's Environmental Constitutional Democracy F.Steinberg and the Ecological Constitutional State G.Green Constitutionalism Contents note continued: H.Boyd's Environmental Rights Revolution I.`Thin' and `Thick' Environmental Constitutionalism J.Environmental Constitutionalism as a Discursive-contemplative Framework K.Global Comparative Environmental Constitutionalism L.Structural and Fundamental Environmental Constitutionalism IV.A Contemporary Description of Environmental Constitutionalism V.Environmental Constitutionalism in Domestic Constitutional Orders A.Formal and Substantive Environmental Constitutions B.Environmental Rule of Law C.Separation of Environmental Governance Powers G.Environmental Rights 6.The Prospects of Environmental Constitutionalism in the Anthropocene III.Revisiting Law in the Anthropocene: The Urgency of Constitutional Transformations Contents note continued: A.Law and Order: The Anthropocene's Constitutional Moment B.The `Global' Regulatory Space of the Anthropocene C.Ethics, Vulnerability and Responsibility of Care IV.The Prospects of Environmental Constitutionalism in the Anthropocene A.Higher-order juridical Guarantees and Care B.A Foundational Determinant of Secondary Regimes C.Benchmarking Environmental Protection Through Transnationalism D.Regulatory Longevity E.Environmental Awareness and Societal Involvement F.Inter-generational Reach G.Legitimisation of Environmental Law and Governance H.Levelling the Sustainable Development Playing Field V.Conclusion 7.A Vision of Global Environmental Constitutionalism in the Anthropocene III.From Domestic to Global Environmental Constitutionalism IV.Global Environmental Constitutionalism's Five Approaches Contents note continued: C.The International Environmental Regulatory Regime Approach D.Global Civil Society Environmental Constitutionalism E.Transnational Comparative Environmental Constitutionalism V.The Elements of Global Environmental Constitutionalism A.A Global Environmental Constitution B.Global Environmental Rule of Law C.Separation of Global Environmental Governance Powers D.The Global Environmental Judiciary E.Global Environmental Democracy F.Global Environmental Constitutional Supremacy G.Global Environmental Rights 8.Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-269) and index.

Summary
This book seeks to answer this central question: from the perspective of the Anthropocene, what is environmental constitutionalism and how could it be extrapolated to formulate a global framework? In answering this question, this book offers the first systematic conceptual framework for global environmental constitutionalism in the epoch of the Anthropocene.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction
I.Human Domination
II.The Anthropocene's Global Socio-Ecological Crisis
III.The Anthropocene's Global Socio-Ecological Crisis and the Law
IV.Constitutionalism and the Anthropocene
V.Environmental Constitutionalism
VI.Global Aspects of Environmental Constitutionalism
VII.Global Environmental Constitutionalism Through the Lens of the Anthropocene
VIII.About this Book
IX.Original Contribution
2.Law and the Anthropocene's Global Socio-Ecological Crisis
I.Introduction
II.About this Chapter
III.The Anthropocene and the History of Earth
IV.Turning Rock into Air: A Brief History of the Anthropocene
V.The Anthropocene: What Lies Behind a Word?
VI.The Anthropocene and Regulatory Institutions
VII.Conclusion
3.Constitutionalism
III.Constitutional Concepts
A.Constitution
B.Constitutionalism
C.Constitutionalisation
Contents note continued: D.The Constitutional State
IV.The Turn Towards Constitutionalism and Counter-constitutionalism Considerations
V.General Elements of the Contemporary Constitutional State
A.A Constitution
B.The Rule of Law
C.Separation of Powers
D.Judicial Independence and Powers of Review
E.Constitutional Supremacy
F.Democracy
G.Rights
VI.Conclusion
4.Global Aspects of Constitutionalism
III.From the Local to the Global
A.The Inappropriateness of Domestic Constitutionalism for the Global Sphere
B.The Appropriateness of Domestic Constitutionalism for the Global Sphere
IV.Why (Not) Constitutionalise the Global Order?
A.Globalisation
B.Fragmentation
C.Enhanced Regulation for Global Problems
D.Critiquing Global Constitutionalism
V.Approaches to and Meaning of Global Constitutionalism: A Devil with Many Faces
A.The Internationalist Approach
B.The Regionalist Approach
Contents note continued: C.The International Regulatory Regime Approach
D.Global Civil Society Constitutionalism
E.Transnational Comparative Constitutionalism
F.Towards a Singular Vision?
VI.In Search of Constitutionalism's Features in the Global Sphere
A.A Global Constitution
B.Global Rule of Law
C.Global Separation of Powers
D.The Global Judiciary
E.Global Constitutional Supremacy
F.Global Democracy
G.Global Rights
5.The Fundamentals of Environmental Constitutionalism
III.A Historical-conceptual Account of the Convergence Between Environmentalism and Constitutionalism
A.Should Trees have Standing?
B.Jonas and the Imperative of Responsibility
C.Kloepfer's Environmental State
D.Bosselmann's Ecological Rechtsstaat
E.Verschuuren's Environmental Constitutional Democracy
F.Steinberg and the Ecological Constitutional State
G.Green Constitutionalism
Contents note continued: H.Boyd's Environmental Rights Revolution
I.`Thin' and `Thick' Environmental Constitutionalism
J.Environmental Constitutionalism as a Discursive-contemplative Framework
K.Global Comparative Environmental Constitutionalism
L.Structural and Fundamental Environmental Constitutionalism
IV.A Contemporary Description of Environmental Constitutionalism
V.Environmental Constitutionalism in Domestic Constitutional Orders
A.Formal and Substantive Environmental Constitutions
B.Environmental Rule of Law
C.Separation of Environmental Governance Powers
G.Environmental Rights
6.The Prospects of Environmental Constitutionalism in the Anthropocene
III.Revisiting Law in the Anthropocene: The Urgency of Constitutional Transformations
Contents note continued: A.Law and Order: The Anthropocene's Constitutional Moment
B.The `Global' Regulatory Space of the Anthropocene
C.Ethics, Vulnerability and Responsibility of Care
IV.The Prospects of Environmental Constitutionalism in the Anthropocene
A.Higher-order juridical Guarantees and Care
B.A Foundational Determinant of Secondary Regimes
C.Benchmarking Environmental Protection Through Transnationalism
D.Regulatory Longevity
E.Environmental Awareness and Societal Involvement
F.Inter-generational Reach
G.Legitimisation of Environmental Law and Governance
H.Levelling the Sustainable Development Playing Field
V.Conclusion
7.A Vision of Global Environmental Constitutionalism in the Anthropocene
III.From Domestic to Global Environmental Constitutionalism
IV.Global Environmental Constitutionalism's Five Approaches
Contents note continued: C.The International Environmental Regulatory Regime Approach
D.Global Civil Society Environmental Constitutionalism
E.Transnational Comparative Environmental Constitutionalism
V.The Elements of Global Environmental Constitutionalism
A.A Global Environmental Constitution
B.Global Environmental Rule of Law
C.Separation of Global Environmental Governance Powers
D.The Global Environmental Judiciary
E.Global Environmental Democracy
F.Global Environmental Constitutional Supremacy
G.Global Environmental Rights
8.Conclusion.

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