Constitutions and the Commons
Subtitle: The Impact of Federalist Structures on Local, National, and Global Resource Governance
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781617260964
Subjects: Federal government; Natural resources, management
Description: "Constitutions and the Commons looks at a critical but little examined issue of the degree to which the federal constitution of a nation contributes toward or limits the ability of the national government to manage its natural resources (or commons). Furthermore it considers how far the constitution facilitates the binding of constituent states, provinces or subnational units to honor the conditions of international environmental treaties. While the main focus is on the US, there is also detailed coverage of other nations such as Australia, Brazil, Canada, India and Russia"--