Climate Constitutionalism Momentum: Adaptive Legal Systems

Legal scholars are witnessing the "aurora" of climate change law, which is interdisciplinary and addresses three major means to combat anthropogenic climate change: science, politics, and law. "Climate Constitutionalism Momentum: Adaptive Legal Systems" introduces international efforts to achieve ambitious results, addresses the comparative public law debate, merges theoretical appraisals and quantitative insights, and combines theoretical and empirical viewpoints in reference to climate justice and litigation. The book is primarily aimed at academic researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students, political stakeholders, and legal practitioners, with a global audience.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

While civil society and social movements clamor for more effective strategies to address anthropogenic climate change, legal scholars are witnessing the emergence of climate change law. What is particularly noteworthy in this dual process of recognition and establishment is the interdisciplinary nature of such a field of study, which transcends formalistic legal considerations.

Based on the need to rethink legal paradigms, "Climate Constitutionalism Momentum: Adaptive Legal Systems" explores three primary means to combat anthropogenic climate change: science, politics, and law. Furthermore, the book addresses the thesis of the adaptability of legal systems, proposing new avenues for further inquiries into the current climate constitutionalism momentum.

The book introduces international efforts to acknowledge 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 civil-law methodology. Moreover, the book combines theoretical and empirical viewpoints in reference to climate justice and litigation.

The final 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.

Weight: 232g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030973384
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022