The Constitution of the Environmental Emergency.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Table of Legislation and Cases -- Introduction -- I. Methodology, Terminology and Context -- II. Outline of the Book -- Part I: The Environmental Emergency -- 1. The Concept of the Environmental Emergency -- I. The Environmental Emergency -- II. Failing Schmitt's Challenge -- III. The Formal Conception of the Rule of Law -- IV. Conclusion -- 2. Environmental Reform: The Problem of Discretion in Environmental Law -- I. The Environmental Reform Position -- II. Black and Grey Holes in Canadian Environmental Law -- III. Impoverished Environmental Reform Solutions -- IV. Conclusion -- 3. Environmental Governance: The Problem of Law in Environmental Law -- I. Old and New Governance -- II. Three Examples of Environmental Governance -- III. Reclaiming the Rule of Law -- IV. Conclusion -- Part II: Responding to the Environmental Emergency -- 4. The Requirement of Public Justification -- I. Responding to Schmitt's Challenge -- II. Public Justification: A Democratic Conception of the Rule of Law -- III. Conclusion -- 5. Institutional Design: Reforming Forest Practices -- I. The Institutional Dimensions of Public Justification -- II. The Forest Practices Board and the Mountain Pine Beetle Response -- III. The Forest Practices Board and its Governance Response -- IV. Conclusion -- 6. Pipelines and Principles: Reasonableness and Fairness in Environmental Law -- I. The Pipelines, the NEB and Their Problems -- II. In Defence of Environmental Principles -- III. Publicly Justifying the Pipelines -- IV. Conclusion -- 7. Reasoning Adequately: Wind Turbine Risks and Benefits -- I. The Confluence of Environmental Factors in Wind Turbine Development -- II. The Method and Purpose of Reasonableness -- III. Reasoning Adequately about Wind Turbine Approvals -- IV. Conclusion.

8. The Rule of Law and the Right to a Healthy Environment -- I. The Case for a Charter Right to a Healthy Environment -- II. Environmental Protection and Section 7 Adjudication -- III. Common Law Constitutional Rights Adjudication -- IV. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

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