Table of Contents
Preface vii
1 Introduction 1
I Human Domination 1
II The Anthropocene's Global Socio-Ecological Crisis 4
III The Anthropocene's Global Socio-Ecological Crisis and the Law 6
IV Constitutionalism and the Anthropocene 7
V Environmental Constitutionalism 11
VI Global Aspects of Environmental Constitutionalism 14
VII Global Environmental Constitutionalism Through the Lens of the Anthropocene 16
VIII About this Book 17
IX Original Contribution 20
2 Law and the Anthropocene's Global Socio-Ecological Crisis 21
I Introduction 21
II About this Chapter 23
III The Anthropocene and the History of Earth 24
IV Turning Rock into Air: A Brief History of the Anthropocene 26
V The Anthropocene: What Lies Behind a Word? 32
VI The Anthropocene and Regulatory Institutions 38
VII Conclusion 41
3 Constitutionalism 43
I Introduction 43
II About this Chapter 44
III Constitutional Concepts 47
A Constitution 48
B Constitutionalism 50
C Constitutionalisation 52
D The Constitutional State 54
IV The Turn Towards Constitutionalism and Counter-constitutionalism Considerations 57
V General Elements of the Contemporary Constitutional State 61
A A Constitution 62
B The Rule of Law 65
C Separation of Powers 71
D Judicial Independence and Powers of Review 74
E Constitutional Supremacy 77
F Democracy 79
G Rights 82
VI Conclusion 87
4 Global Aspects of Constitutionalism 89
I Introduction 89
II About this Chapter 90
III From the Local to the Global 91
A The Inappropriateness of Domestic Constitutionalism for the Global Sphere 91
B The Appropriateness of Domestic Constitutionalism for the Global Sphere 93
IV Why (Not) Constitutionalise the Global Order? 96
A Globalisation 96
B Fragmentation 98
C Enhanced Regulation for Global Problems 99
D Critiquing Global Constitutionalism 100
V Approaches to and Meaning of Global Constitutionalism: A Devil with Many Faces 102
A The Internationalist Approach 103
B The Regionalist Approach 104
C The International Regulatory Regime Approach 106
D Global Civil Society Constitutionalism 107
E Transnational Comparative Constitutionalism 109
F Towards a Singular Vision? 110
VI In Search of Constitutionalism's Features in the Global Sphere 111
A A Global Constitution 112
B Global Rule of Law 114
C Global Separation of Powers 116
D The Global Judiciary 118
E Global Constitutional Supremacy 121
F Global Democracy 125
G Global Rights 128
VII Conclusion 131
5 The Fundamentals of Environmental Constitutionalism 133
I Introduction 133
II About this Chapter 134
III A Historical-conceptual Account of the Convergence Between Environmentalism and Constitutionalism 136
A Should Trees have Standing? 137
B Jonas and the Imperative of Responsibility 138
C Kloepfer's Environmental State 138
D Bosselmann's Ecological Rechtsstaat 140
E Verschuuren's Environmental Constitutional Democracy 142
F Steinberg and the Ecological Constitutional State 143
G Green Constitutionalism 144
H Boyd's Environmental Rights Revolution 145
I 'Thin' and 'Thick' Environmental Constitutionalism 146
J Environmental Constitutionalism as a Discursive-contemplative Framework 147
K Global Comparative Environmental Constitutionalism 148
L Structural and Fundamental Environmental Constitutionalism 150
IV A Contemporary Description of Environmental Constitutionalism 151
V Environmental Constitutionalism in Domestic Constitutional Orders 153
A Formal and Substantive Environmental Constitutions 154
B Environmental Rule of Law 159
C Separation of Environmental Governance Powers 162
D Judicial Independence and Powers of Review 165
E Constitutional Supremacy 168
F Democracy 169
G Environmental Rights 172
VI Conclusion 175
6 The Prospects of Environmental Constitutionalism in the Anthropocene 176
I Introduction 176
II About this Chapter 177
III Revisiting Law in the Anthropocene: The Urgency of Constitutional Transformations 178
A Law and Order: The Anthropocene's Constitutional Moment 178
B The 'Global' Regulatory Space of the Anthropocene 184
C Ethics, Vulnerability and Responsibility of Care 188
IV The Prospects of Environmental Constitutionalism in the Anthropocene 192
A Higher-order Juridical Guarantees and Care 192
B A Foundational Determinant of Secondary Regimes 193
C Benchmarking Environmental Protection Through Transnationalism 194
D Regulatory Longevity 195
E Environmental Awareness and Societal Involvement 196
F Inter-generational Reach 196
G Legitimisation of Environmental Law and Governance 197
H Levelling the Sustainable Development Playing Field 198
V Conclusion 199
7 A Vision of Global Environmental Constitutionalism in the Anthropocene 201
I Introduction 201
II About this Chapter 202
III From Domestic to Global Environmental Constitutionalism 203
IV Global Environmental Constitutionalism's Five Approaches 206
A The Internationalist Approach 206
B The Regionalist Approach 210
C The International Environmental Regulatory Regime Approach 214
D Global Civil Society Environmental Constitutionalism 217
E Transnational Comparative Environmental Constitutionalism 221
V The Elements of Global Environmental Constitutionalism 224
A A Global Environmental Constitution 224
B Global Environmental Rule of Law 227
C Separation of Global Environmental Governance Powers 229
D The Global Environmental Judiciary 230
E Global Environmental Democracy 237
F Global Environmental Constitutional Supremacy 239
G Global Environmental Rights 242
VI Conclusion 245
8 Conclusion 246
Bibliography 248
Index 271
