The Right to a Healthy Environment : Revitalizing Canada's Constitution / David R. Boyd.
2012
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Title
The Right to a Healthy Environment : Revitalizing Canada's Constitution / David R. Boyd.
Imprint
Vancouver ; Toronto : University of British Columbia Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Description
1 online resource (336 p.) : 3 maps, 10 tables.
Series
Law and Society.
Formatted Contents Note
Front Matter
Contents
Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Canada Needs Constitutional Environmental Rights
The Pros and Cons of the Right to a Healthy Environment
The History of Environmental Rights in Canada
Green Constitutions in Other Countries
Lessons Learned: Implementing Environmental Rights and Responsibilities*
International Law and Environmental Rights
What Difference Would the Right to a Healthy Environment Make in Canada?
Pathways for Greening Canada's Constitution
Prospects for Change
Appendices
Environmental Protection Provisions in National Constitutions
France's Charter for the Environment (2005)
Environmental Cases and Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Notes
References
Index
Law and Society
Contents
Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Canada Needs Constitutional Environmental Rights
The Pros and Cons of the Right to a Healthy Environment
The History of Environmental Rights in Canada
Green Constitutions in Other Countries
Lessons Learned: Implementing Environmental Rights and Responsibilities*
International Law and Environmental Rights
What Difference Would the Right to a Healthy Environment Make in Canada?
Pathways for Greening Canada's Constitution
Prospects for Change
Appendices
Environmental Protection Provisions in National Constitutions
France's Charter for the Environment (2005)
Environmental Cases and Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Notes
References
Index
Law and Society
Summary
Canada has abundant natural wealth -- beautiful landscapes, vast forests, and thousands of rivers and lakes. The land defines Canadians as a people, yet the country has one of the worst environmental records in the industrialized world. Building on his previous book, The Environmental Rights Revolution (2012), David R. Boyd, one of Canada's leading environmental lawyers, describes how recognizing the constitutional right to a healthy environment could have a transformative impact by empowering citizens, holding governments and industry accountable, and improving Canada's green record. The overwhelming majority of the world's nations now recognize environmental rights through laws, constitutions, treaties, or court decisions. Boyd explores Canada's history of failed efforts to do the same within this international context and offers three pathways to constitutional recognition of the right to a healthy environment. This important and provocative book provides a blueprint for renewed leadership in protecting human health, the well-being of the planet, and the interests of future generations.
Language Note
In English.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Source of Description
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Title is part of eBook package: University of British Columbia eBook-Package 2013-2000 De Gruyter
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DeGruyter online
Language
English
ISBN
9780774824149
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