The Right of Access to Environmental Information and Legal Transplant Theory
Lessons from London and Beijing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4609991 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sean Whittaker (0000-0003-0972-2600, University College Cork, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 509-530 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transnational Environmental Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2047-1025 • E-ISSN: 2047-1033 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s2047102517000115 |
| OpenAlex | W2619932314 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
This article analyzes the potential for legal transplant theory to strengthen the legal regimes that guarantee the right of access to environmental information in England and China. Guaranteed by the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, the right has a substantial impact on how individuals can act as environmental stewards. However, despite the framework provided by the Aarhus Convention, there are shortcomings in how these states guarantee the right when compared with the obligations set by the provisions of the Convention. The article applies Alan Watson's legal transplant theory to the environmental information regimes in England and China and considers the likelihood of each jurisdiction sourcing legal reforms from the other. It also seeks to identify common trends shared by each jurisdiction and the impact of the Aarhus Convention on such transplants
Beijing · China · Convention · Environmental law · Jurisdiction · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · Watson · Computer Science · Environmental law and policy · Human Rights and Development · Law · Ombudsman and Human Rights · Public Administration
The Impossibility of ‘Legal Transplants’
Civic Environmental NGOs, Civil Society, and Democratisation in China
Public Access to Information for Development
Feeling for Rocks While Crossing the River”
Information Disclosure and Environmental Rights
Legal Transplants
Environmental information disclosure in China
An Integrated Model of Legal Transplantation
Comparative Jurisprudence (II)
Aspects of Reception of Law
Transnational Access to Environmental Information
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |