Ecological Constitutionalism: A Necessity

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  • Jens Kersten Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU), Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5282/rcc-springs-5293

Abstract

In light of the escalating catastrophes of the Anthropocene, the liberal and democratic states of the Global North must ecologically transform their social and constitutional orders. To this end, they can implement the widely discussed concept of ecological constitutionalism: ecological rights and rights of nature, ecological constitutional principles, and an ecological government are the central instruments of an ecological constitutional order.

Author Biography

  • Jens Kersten, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU), Germany

    Jens Kersten studied law at the universities of Heidelberg, Leeds, and Bonn and worked as a postgraduate at the Humboldt University Berlin. Since 2008, Kersten has held the Chair in Public Law and Governance at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich. He was a Carson Professor between 2012 and 2013 and is currently a board member for the Rachel Carson Center’s doctoral program.

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Published

31-10-2023

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