Christopher Jeffords
Biographic Data
| ID | 5605038 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Jeffords |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Jeffords |
| SIGNATURE | JEFFORDS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastern Connecticut State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1399-7666 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The weight of words
The association between constitutional environmental human rights (CER) and carbon dioxide emissions is explored in a panel data, Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) framework. Our sample includes nearly 200 countries across 1990-2021, leveraging World Bank and Polity IV data. Furthermore, we construct an eight-category language-based index for CER strength, drawing on constitutional text analysis from existing sources. To account for the obvious e…
On the relationship between constitutional environmental human rights and sustainable development outcomes
Toward Environmental Democracy? Procedural Environmental Rights and Environmental Justice
The global trend toward adopting environmental rights within national constitutions has been largely regarded as a positive development for both human rights and the natural environment. The impact of constitutional environmental rights, however, has yet to be systematically assessed using empirical data. In particular, expanding procedural environmental rights—legal provisions relating to access to information, participation, and justice in envi…
Constitutionalizing Environmental Rights
This policy note presents a brief summary of recent quantitative and qualitative research covering: (1) some of the factors associated with country-level adoption of constitutional environmental rights provisions; (2) the subsequent correlations between constitutional environmental rights provisions and environmental and human rights outcomes; and (3) 'good' practices in the implementation of constitutional environmental rights. The evidence sugg…
On the temporal effects of static constitutional environmental rights provisions on access to improved sanitation facilities and water sources
Using novel panel data on constitutional environmental rights (CER) for 190 countries from 1990 to 2012, this paper questions if the presence/language of CER provisions provides increased access to improved sanitation facilities and drinking water sources. While implementing statutory laws/regulations derived from CER provisions is a dynamic process, the presence/language of CER provisions is temporally fixed. To capture these dynamics, the prese…
The State of Economic and Social Human Rights
This edited volume offers original scholarship on economic and social human rights from leading and new cutting-edge scholars in the fields of economics, law, political science, sociology and anthropology. It analyzes the core economic and social rights and the crucial topic of non-discrimination, and includes an innovative section on 'meta' rights. The main chapters answer important questions about economic and social rights performance around t…
On the Natural and Economic Difficulties to Fulfilling the Human Right to Water Within a Neoclassical Economics Framework
We present a neoclassical economic model of the human right to water using a nonrenewable resource model inclusive of a backstop technology. The right is interpreted as a minimum consumption requirement the government is obligated to fulfill in the event that any one household cannot do so independently. Differing by income levels, households maximize utility by purchasing a composite consumption good and water from two distinct, government-owned…
Toward Environmental Democracy? Procedural Environmental Rights and Environmental Justice
The global trend toward adopting environmental rights within national constitutions has been largely regarded as a positive development for both human rights and the natural environment. The impact of constitutional environmental rights, however, has yet to be systematically assessed using empirical data. In particular, expanding procedural environmental rights—legal provisions relating to access to information, participation, and justice in envi…
Constitutionalizing Environmental Rights
This policy note presents a brief summary of recent quantitative and qualitative research covering: (1) some of the factors associated with country-level adoption of constitutional environmental rights provisions; (2) the subsequent correlations between constitutional environmental rights provisions and environmental and human rights outcomes; and (3) 'good' practices in the implementation of constitutional environmental rights. The evidence sugg…
On the temporal effects of static constitutional environmental rights provisions on access to improved sanitation facilities and water sources
Using novel panel data on constitutional environmental rights (CER) for 190 countries from 1990 to 2012, this paper questions if the presence/language of CER provisions provides increased access to improved sanitation facilities and drinking water sources. While implementing statutory laws/regulations derived from CER provisions is a dynamic process, the presence/language of CER provisions is temporally fixed. To capture these dynamics, the prese…
On the Natural and Economic Difficulties to Fulfilling the Human Right to Water Within a Neoclassical Economics Framework
We present a neoclassical economic model of the human right to water using a nonrenewable resource model inclusive of a backstop technology. The right is interpreted as a minimum consumption requirement the government is obligated to fulfill in the event that any one household cannot do so independently. Differing by income levels, households maximize utility by purchasing a composite consumption good and water from two distinct, government-owned…
The State of Economic and Social Human Rights
This edited volume offers original scholarship on economic and social human rights from leading and new cutting-edge scholars in the fields of economics, law, political science, sociology and anthropology. It analyzes the core economic and social rights and the crucial topic of non-discrimination, and includes an innovative section on 'meta' rights. The main chapters answer important questions about economic and social rights performance around t…
On the Natural and Economic Difficulties to Fulfilling the Human Right to Water Within a Neoclassical Economics Framework
We present a neoclassical economic model of the human right to water using a nonrenewable resource model inclusive of a backstop technology. The right is interpreted as a minimum consumption requirement the government is obligated to fulfill in the event that any one household cannot do so independently. Differing by income levels, households maximize utility by purchasing a composite consumption good and water from two distinct, government-owned…
On the temporal effects of static constitutional environmental rights provisions on access to improved sanitation facilities and water sources
Using novel panel data on constitutional environmental rights (CER) for 190 countries from 1990 to 2012, this paper questions if the presence/language of CER provisions provides increased access to improved sanitation facilities and drinking water sources. While implementing statutory laws/regulations derived from CER provisions is a dynamic process, the presence/language of CER provisions is temporally fixed. To capture these dynamics, the prese…
Constitutionalizing Environmental Rights
This policy note presents a brief summary of recent quantitative and qualitative research covering: (1) some of the factors associated with country-level adoption of constitutional environmental rights provisions; (2) the subsequent correlations between constitutional environmental rights provisions and environmental and human rights outcomes; and (3) 'good' practices in the implementation of constitutional environmental rights. The evidence sugg…
Toward Environmental Democracy? Procedural Environmental Rights and Environmental Justice
The global trend toward adopting environmental rights within national constitutions has been largely regarded as a positive development for both human rights and the natural environment. The impact of constitutional environmental rights, however, has yet to be systematically assessed using empirical data. In particular, expanding procedural environmental rights—legal provisions relating to access to information, participation, and justice in envi…
On the relationship between constitutional environmental human rights and sustainable development outcomes
The weight of words
The association between constitutional environmental human rights (CER) and carbon dioxide emissions is explored in a panel data, Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) framework. Our sample includes nearly 200 countries across 1990-2021, leveraging World Bank and Polity IV data. Furthermore, we construct an eight-category language-based index for CER strength, drawing on constitutional text analysis from existing sources. To account for the obvious e…
Political science (7 works) · Human rights (6 works) · Human Rights and Development (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Environmental law and policy (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (3 works)