12 Do Environmental Provisions in Constitutions Influence Environmental Performance?

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Tables and Figures xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. The Emergence and Evolution of a New Human Right
7. Constitutions, Human Rights, and the Environment: The Context 3
8. The Right to a Healthy Environment: Framing the Issues 20
9. The Prevalence and Enforceability of Environmental Provisions in National Constitutions 45
10. The Influence of International Law 78
11. The Constitutional Right to a Healthy Environment in Practice
12. A Framework for Assessing the Legal Influence of the Right to a Healthy Environment 117
13. Latin America and the Caribbean 124
14. Africa 149
15. Asia 164
16. Eastern Europe 193
17. Western Europe 214
18. Evaluating the Impacts of Environmental Provisions in Constitutions
19. Lessons Learned: Practical Experiences with the Right to a Healthy Environment 233
20. Do Environmental Provisions in Constitutions Influence Environmental Performance? 253
21. An Idea Whose Time Has Come 278
22. Appendix 1 292
23. Appendix 2 299
24. Notes 300
25. References 351
26. Index 422
27. Law and Society 444