| Description |
xxvii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Table of cases: England and Wales -- Table of cases: European Court of Justice -- Table of cases: European Court of Human Rights -- Table of cases: USA and Canada -- 1. The concept of an 'environmental right' -- 2. Has the European Union conferred 'environmental rights' on its citizens? -- 3. Town and country planning -- 4. Do we have a right 'to breathe clean air?' -- 5. A right to clean water? -- 6. Radiological protection -- 7. The erosion of property rights -- 8. Landscapes, species and habitats -- 9. Are ecocentric rights so very different? |
| Summary |
Does the concept of 'environmental rights' have any value? Environmental Rights offers new perspectives on contemporary debates over rights and environmental issues, criticising the traditional anthropocentric formulation and the view that it is meaningful to speak of environmental rights as a sub-set of human rights, infringed when individuals experience an environmental quality falling below a recognised standard. Drawing on key theories of contemporary philosophers and jurists, as well as case reports from judicial decisions in English, European and US courts, the book examines recent developments within environmental law and policy in the United Kingdom and the European Union. Specific rights of the individual are examined - the right to clean air and water, access to information, the right to participate in environmental decisions - as well as practical obstacles to the exercising of such rights, including problems of scientific evidence, high cost of litigation, and legal recognition of environmental pressure groups. Christopher Miller concludes that the environment does not lend itself to a rights discourse, but rather to one which stresses the important duties which individuals must assume if environmental threats to human welfare are to be averted |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-211) and indexes |
| Notes |
Also available in print |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Environmental law -- Great Britain.
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Environmental law.
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| Author |
ebrary, Inc.
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| LC no. |
97051719 |
| ISBN |
0415170648 |
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