Global Environmental Constitutionalism in the Anthropocene

There is persuasive evidence suggesting we are on the brink of human-induced ecological disaster that could change life on Earth as we know it. There is also a general consensus among scientists about the pace and extent of global ecological decay, including a realisation that humans are central to causing the global ecological crisis. This new epoch has been called the Anthropocene.

This book seeks to answer this central question: from the perspective of the Anthrocopene, what is environmental constitutionalism and how could it be extrapolated to formulate a global framework? In answering this question, this book offers the first systematic conceptual framework for global environmental constitutionalism in the era of the Anthrocopene.

Academics interested in environmental law and international law

Louis J Kotzé is Research Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law of the North West University, South Africa.