Climate Constitutionalism Momentum

While civil society and social movements claim for more effective measures to cope with anthropogenic climate change, legal scholars are witnessing the aurora of climate change law. What is quite relevant in this double-process of recognition/establishment is the interdisciplinary nature of such a field of studies, which goes beyond formalistic legal aspects.
Based on the need to rethink legal paradigms, Climate Constitutionalism Momentum: Adaptive Legal Systems deals with three major means to combat anthropogenic climate changenamely science, politics and lawfurther addressing the thesis regarding a supposed adaptiveness of legal systems and proposing new pathways for further inquiries on the current climate constitutionalism momentum. The book introduces the international efforts in acknowledging the need for concrete measures to achieve ambitious results, addressing the comparative public law debate, merging theoretical appraisals and quantitative insights under a top-down approach and a civil-law methodology. Furthermore, the book combines theoretical and empirical viewpoints in reference to climate justice and litigation. The last part of the argumentative pattern merges the aforementioned key elements and grounds of investigation, providing an overall account of the current climate constitutionalism momentum.
Academic researchers are the book's primary audience, but it is also targeted for undergraduate and postgraduate students of specific courses. For the numerous insights and the contemporary relevance of the topic, the book is also addressed to political stakeholders and legal practitioners. Given the transnational development of this area of law, the expected audience of the book is global.

Merges four fields of study that usually are autonomously analyzed despite their strong interconnections Adopts an innovative cross-cutting methodology through the current debate on climate change policies and legislation Suggests a new systemic and holistic approach for climate change studies, especially in reference to policies

Contenu
Introduction. Climate and the Law.- The International Framework, Policies, and the Law. Towards National Legal Domains for Climate Issues.- The Ongoing Foundation of the Constitutionalisation of Climate.- Applied Climate Justice and Functional Climate Litigation: Overlapping Circles.- Conclusion. The Climate Constitutionalism Momentum.- Bibliography.