UDTR — Radar mondial des droits de la Nature

How Ecuador's Courts Are Giving Form and Force to Rights of Nature Norms

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Clé publique

doi:10.1017/s2047102523000080

Auteurs

Craig M. Kauffman · Pamela L. Martin

Année déclarée

2023

Langue déclarée

en

Type source

article

Première détection

2026-11-09T19:04:47.501142+00:00

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2026-11-10T16:58:51.257475+00:00

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Non effectuée

Institutions déclarées par la source

Coastal Carolina University · University of Oregon

Pays d’affiliation déclarés

US

Résumé documentaire — langue originale

Abstract In 2008, Ecuador recognized rights of nature (RoN) in its Constitution. Since then, RoN have been relied upon in judicial decisions 55 times in Ecuador. Following years of ad hoc treatment of RoN by Ecuador's government and courts, its Constitutional Court selected various cases to establish binding jurisprudence in respect of RoN. In doing so, the Constitutional Court and various provincial courts in Ecuador have clarified the content of RoN, including specific criteria for determining RoN violations and the relationship between RoN and other constitutional rights, including community and economic rights related to development. Moreover, the courts are imposing sanctions on RoN violators, including the state and powerful commercial sectors. This article shows how Ecuadorian court decisions are changing RoN from a vague, abstract concept into a set of specific standards for how to balance RoN with various human rights and existing environmental law in order to implement sustainable development in an integrated and holistic manner that does not sacrifice ecosystem functioning. In doing so, the article contributes to the emerging literature on how new environmental law norms are constructed as they are put into practice, as well as the important role that judges play as norm entrepreneurs.

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DOI

10.1017/s2047102523000080

OPENALEX

W4381513170

OPENAIRE

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Doctrine

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Article · article

Juridictions étudiées — sources explicites

EC

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Éditeurs

Cambridge University Press

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OpenAIRE · Document 1

OpenAlex · Document 1 · Document 2 · Document 3

• DOI · https://doi.org/10.1017/s2047102523000080
• Document · https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/transnational-environmental-law/article/abs/how-ecuadors-courts-are-giving-form-and-force-to-rights-of-nature-norms/186BBD0B99125ED2BAB3FE752C386FEA
• OpenAlex · https://openalex.org/W4381513170

Relations bibliographiques documentées

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• THE ECUADORIAN EXEMPLAR: THE FIRST EVER VINDICATIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF NATURE · CITES
• New Transitions from Human Rights to the Environment to the Rights of Nature · CITES
• The Problem of Enforcing Nature's Rights under Ecuador's Constitution: Why the 2008 Environmental Amendments Have No Bite · CITES
• Somewhere between Rhetoric and Reality: Environmental Constitutionalism and the Rights of Nature in Ecuador · CITES
• The Politics of Rights of Nature: Strategies for Building a More Sustainable Future · CITES
• Where ordinary laws fall short: ‘riverine rights’ and constitutionalism · CITES
• Decolonizing personhood · CITES

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