Transformative environmental constitutionalism
In: International Law E-Books Online, Collection 2023
Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface Developing Law for the Anthropocene in the Global South -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 It's Time to Get Crazy: Justifying Radical Judicial Responses to Intersecting Social, Environmental, and Climate Injustices -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 An Environmental Law Dispute -- 1.3 A Socio-ecological Systems Perspective for the Anthropocene -- 1.4 A Global South Context and Justification for Radical Judicial Responses for the Anthropocene -- 1.4.1 Poverty and Inequality -- 1.4.2 Social, Environmental, and Climate (In)Justice -- 1.5 Methodology and Structure of the Book -- 1.5.1 Progressive and Reformist Legal Scholarship -- 1.5.2 A Legal Theory Emerging from a Tapestry of Norms, Woven Together -- 1.5.3 Grappling with Problematic Trends in the Adjudication of Environmental Law Disputes -- 1.5.4 Transformative Environmental Constitutionalism in Theory and Practice -- 1.5.5 Conclusion: The Importance of a Legal Theory of Transformative Environmental Constitutionalism -- Chapter 2 Weaving Together a Tapestry of Norms: Transformative Constitutionalism, Transformative Adjudication, and Environmental Constitutionalism -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Transformative Constitutionalism -- 2.2.1 Support for Transformative Constitutionalism Elsewhere in the World -- 2.2.2 Criticisms of Transformative Constitutionalism -- 2.2.3 Transformative Constitutionalism's Goals: A Critical Perspective -- 2.3 Transformative Adjudication -- 2.3.1 The Political Nature of Transformative Adjudication through Substantive Reasoning -- 2.3.2 The Need to Overcome Formalism -- 2.3.3 Transformative Adjudication and the Separation of Powers Doctrine -- 2.4 Environmental Constitutionalism in South Africa -- 2.4.1 Category 1: Laws Explicitly Aimed at the Protection of the Environment and/or Components.