The conservation of the environment in Ecuador's constitution
Sajeva, Giulia (2017) The conservation of the environment in Ecuador's constitution. Materiali per una storia della cultura giuridica (2). pp. 359-381. ISSN 1120-9607
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Abstract
The 2008 Ecuadorian Constitution is often presented as building on the local traditions of indigenous peoples in order to propose a non-anthropocentric approach to the conservation of the environment, based on the concept of buen vivir. After providing a short introduction on anthropocentric and non-anthropo-centric approaches to the environment, with attention to indigenous worldviews, this article attempts to: analyse the concept of buen vivir, appearing to have unclear boundaries; understand whether or not it is a concept derived from indigenous worldviews; and explore the innovative non-anthropocentric feature of the recognition of rights to the environment. Finally, the article uses the idea of rights of the environment as a key to interpret the fuzzy concept of buen vivir in the most effective way to enhance the conservation of the environment.
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Sajeva, Giulia ![]() | Item type: | Article |
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ID code: | 71319 |
Keywords: | buen vivir, constitution, Ecuador, environmental rights, indigenous peoples, Law, Law |
Subjects: | Law |
Department: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Law > Law |
Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
Date deposited: | 04 Feb 2020 11:43 |
Last modified: | 01 Jan 2021 06:15 |
URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/71319 |
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