The foundations of the Aarhus Convention / Emily Barritt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barritt, Emily, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (1998 June 25).

Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters.

Environmental law.

Environmental justice.

Environmental protection.

Freedom of information.

Environmental law, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Hart Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

"This important new monograph offers an innovative new analysis of the Convention. Environmental law is dense with monolithic concepts, from environmental democracy to intergenerational justice, from sustainable development to stewardship. Each concept generating its own mythology about what environmental law should aspire to. Sometimes these ideas become so big that we lose hold of their meaning and therefore what we allude to when we describe environmental law in such terms. No more so is this true than in relation to the Aarhus Convention, an ambitious instrument of environmental law that promotes public participation and access to justice in relation to the environment. Since its inception it has been revered in glowing terms, praised variously for its contribution to citizenship, environmental responsibility and democratic legitimacy. But how are we to know whether these descriptions are mere puffs or genuine statements about the Convention's character. This book digs deep into the foundations of the Aarhus Convention, illuminating its ambitious potential through the lens of three foundational purposes - environmental rights, democracy, and stewardship. In so doing, it both contributes to our understanding of the Convention and our understanding of three important purposes that inhabit environmental law, unravelling and reassembling them to build meaning into our broad-brush descriptions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The philosophical scope of the Aarhus Convention

The three purposes

Environmental democracy

Environmental rights

Environmental stewardship

Interpretive possibilities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781509915286

1509915281

9781509915293

150991529X

9781509915262

1509915265