The right to a healthy environment : revitalizing Canada's constitution / David R. Boyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyd, David R. (David Richard), 1964-

Series:

Law and society series.

Law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law--Canada.

Environmental law.

Constitutional law--Canada.

Constitutional law.

Human rights--Canada.

Human rights.

Environmental ethics--Canada.

Environmental ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-65809-7

0-7748-2414-X

OCLC:

795624613