Environmental Rights Recognition, Implementation, Outcomes, and Alternatives
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James R. May, Richard S. Righter Distinguished Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law, USA and President and Founder, Dignity Rights Advocates<i>‘Professor May delivers a tour de force volume on environmental rights, one that is as expansive in scope as it is deep with analysis. He makes a compelling case for enlarging the list of rights that qualify as environmental, a sober indicator of humanity’s continued toll on our planet.’</i>
- Joshua Gellers, University of North Florida, USA,
<i>‘Environmental rights are now firmly entrenched in international law. In this volume, Professor James May masterfully examines their emergence and application, their relationship to climate, sustainability, and dignity, and their application at global, national and sub-national levels. It is a must read for anybody studying environmental rights.’</i>
- Sumudu Atapattu, University of Wisconsin Law School, USA,
<i>‘James R. May’s brilliant work is a valuable resource for academics and anyone interested in learning about global environmental constitutionalism. It offers an overview of relevant knowledge and provides a critical analysis of the merits of constitutionalizing environmental rights in comparison to other strategies for enhancing the right to a healthy environment.’</i>
- Yann Aguila, Partner, Bredin Prat, France,
May explores both the hope that environmental rights provide for improving outcomes for environmental quality, climate change, and the human condition and how judicial reluctance, textual ambiguity, lack of standards and socio-political barriers can thwart implementation of the right to a healthy environment even when written into law at international, regional and national levels. May explains the growing significance of alternative legal channels for achieving the aims of environmental rights, including socioeconomic rights, such as the rights to life, dignity, health, Nature, participation and sustainability, and subnational constitutions, to promote alternative legal frameworks for environmental protection when explicit environmental rights are absent, overlooked or unenforceable.
Environmental Rights is essential reading for scholars and students of environmental, comparative and human rights law, seeking to understand the legal architecture and implementation challenges of international environmental rights. It also provides valuable frameworks for practitioners and policymakers in advocacy, the judiciary and interdisciplinary fields concerned with sustainability and justice.