Concept and Types of Environmental Rights

1. The concept of environmental rights in comparative constitutional law is made manifest by their classification into one of two types. The standard and most common approach is to protect the natural world in order to facilitate human life, health, and economic benefit. The second, and far less prevalent view, claims nature should have legal standing and constitutional status in its own right. In order to introduce this typology in an efficient manner, we will exemplify the first, anthropocentric type of right, as it exists within the constitutions of France,...