Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation Advancing Future Generations Rights through National Institutions
Book contents
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Theoretical Framework for International Legal Principles of Intergenerational Equity and Implementation through National Institutions
- Part I Introduction to Treaty Law on Intergenerational Justice and Codifying Sustainability
- Part II Key Challenges in Domestic Implementation of Intergenerational Justice
- Part III Law and Policy Innovations for Intergenerational Justice
- Constitutional Challenges and Innovations for Future Generations
- 8 Sustainability in European Constitutional Law
- 9 The Principle of Intergenerational Solidarity in Reshaping Constitutional Rights and Obligations: An Example from Portugal
- Promoting the Voice of the Public
- Economic Aspects of Intergenerational Justice
- Addressing Science, Scientific Uncertainty, and Precaution
- Part IV Implementing Sustainability through National Institutions: Case Studies
- Part V Regional Trends in Intergenerational Justice
- Part VI Future Trends
- Afterword
- Table of Authorities
9 - The Principle of Intergenerational Solidarity in Reshaping Constitutional Rights and Obligations: An Example from Portugal
from Constitutional Challenges and Innovations for Future Generations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2021
Book contents
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Theoretical Framework for International Legal Principles of Intergenerational Equity and Implementation through National Institutions
- Part I Introduction to Treaty Law on Intergenerational Justice and Codifying Sustainability
- Part II Key Challenges in Domestic Implementation of Intergenerational Justice
- Part III Law and Policy Innovations for Intergenerational Justice
- Constitutional Challenges and Innovations for Future Generations
- 8 Sustainability in European Constitutional Law
- 9 The Principle of Intergenerational Solidarity in Reshaping Constitutional Rights and Obligations: An Example from Portugal
- Promoting the Voice of the Public
- Economic Aspects of Intergenerational Justice
- Addressing Science, Scientific Uncertainty, and Precaution
- Part IV Implementing Sustainability through National Institutions: Case Studies
- Part V Regional Trends in Intergenerational Justice
- Part VI Future Trends
- Afterword
- Table of Authorities
Summary
In Southern Europe, the advent of new democracies had severe constitutional implications concerning the catalogue of social, economic and cultural rights in States such as Greece, Spain or Portugal. In fact, Portuguese constitutional rights should be interpreted as a consequence of the Carnation Revolution.
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- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty ImplementationAdvancing Future Generations Rights through National Institutions, pp. 201 - 209Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021