dc.contributor | Law Division | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Environmental Law Institute | en_US |
dc.coverage.spatial | Africa | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-03T23:07:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-08-03T23:07:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-58576-104-3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/29148 | |
dc.description | This publication explores how constitutional provisions of African states can be used to create real, enforceable environmental rights. Afri-can states have varying legal traditions; namely, common law, civil law, and Islamic law, as well as some hybrid systems. Nevertheless, these le-gal systems share many common underlying principles and values, par-ticularly fundamental human rights that are embodied in their respec-tive constitutions. | en_US |
dc.format | Text | en_US |
dc.language | English | en_US |
dc.rights | Public | en_US |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL LAW | en_US |
dc.subject | COMMON LAW | en_US |
dc.subject | CIVIL LAW | en_US |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | en_US |
dc.subject | CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | en_US |
dc.subject | ISLAM | en_US |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS | en_US |
dc.subject | RIGHT TO LIFE | en_US |
dc.subject | AFRICA | en_US |
dc.subject | ASIA | en_US |
dc.subject | LATIN AMERICA | en_US |
dc.subject | FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION | en_US |
dc.subject | ACCESS TO INFORMATION | en_US |
dc.subject | PUBLIC PARTICIPATION | en_US |
dc.subject | ACCESS TO JUSTICE | en_US |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE | en_US |
dc.title | Constitutional Environmental Law : Giving Force to Fundamental Principles in Africa - 2nd Edition | en_US |
wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en_US |
wd.tags | Capacity building | en_US |
wd.tags | Health | en_US |
wd.topics | Environment under review | en_US |
wd.topics | Environmental Governance | en_US |
wd.identifier.pagesnumber | 99 pages | en_US |