Browsing by Subject "Normative hierarchy"
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Constitutional conversations in the anthropocene: in search of environmental Jus Cogens Norms
(Springer Link, 2015)This chapter investigates the existence of environmental jus cogens norms and the possibility of extending peremptory norms into the environmental domain. For this purpose, the chapter briefly describes the trite manifestation ... -
Normative hierarchy in international environmental law : a constitutional reading
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)The current environmental law and governance regime is in need of urgent reform to the extent that it leaves too much room for state sovereignty and states' non-compliance with their environmental obligations. To some ...