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The Future We Want And Constitutionally Enshrined Procedural Rights In Environmental Matters, James May, Erin Daly
The Future We Want And Constitutionally Enshrined Procedural Rights In Environmental Matters, James May, Erin Daly
Erin Daly
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Dignity Rights: Courts, Constitutions, And The Worth Of The Human Person, Erin Daly
Dignity Rights: Courts, Constitutions, And The Worth Of The Human Person, Erin Daly
Erin Daly
The right to dignity is now recognized in most of the world's constitutions, and hardly a new constitution is adopted without it. Over the last sixty years, courts in Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and North America have developed a robust jurisprudence of dignity on subjects as diverse as health care, imprisonment, privacy, education, culture, the environment, sexuality, and death. As the range and growing number of cases about dignity attest, it is invoked and recognized by courts far more frequently than other constitutional guarantees. Dignity Rights is the first book to explore the constitutional law of …
The Ecuadorian Exemplar: The First Ever Vindications Of Constitutional Rights Of Nature, Erin Daly
The Ecuadorian Exemplar: The First Ever Vindications Of Constitutional Rights Of Nature, Erin Daly
Erin Daly
The 'Sala de le Corte Provincial' - a provincial court in Ecuador - became the first court ever to vindicate the recently constitutionalized rights of nature. Recognizing the indisputable importance of the rights of nature for present and future generations, the court held the provincial government liable for flooding damages caused by dumping of construction debris. This judicial victory is arguably overshadowed by challenges facing the plaintiffs in seeing the courts order enforced, however. A subsequent case bears witness to the judiciary’s vindication of rights of nature in Ecuador with ever increasing legal effect.
Senate Debate Served Us All Well, Erin Daly, Paul Regan
Senate Debate Served Us All Well, Erin Daly, Paul Regan
Erin Daly
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