Title: Environmental Rule of Law: In Need of Coherence in Contested Terrain
Abstract: This article provides a succinct and critical analysis of “environmental rule of law” as an emerging concept. Following an outline of its origins, this brief places environmental rule of law within the contested landscape of rule of law theory and practice. It concludes with several critical observations and comments, explaining that those promoting environmental rule of law as a guiding framework need to recognize broader rule of law debates and acknowledge challenges associated with relying on a rule of law paradigm for implementing the sustainable development agenda. There exists a risk that environmental rule of law, like traditional “law and development” or rule of law programming, distracts valuable time, resources and institutions from the more difficult but less glamourous political and economic choices that actually sit at the center of development policy-making.
Publication Year: 2019
Publication Date: 2019-03-29
Language: en
Type: article
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