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From Sumak Kawsay to Individual Agency: Constitutional Framing of the Environment in the United States, Colombia, and Ecuador and What it Means for Citizens

Citino, Mia C
http://orcid.org/0009-0009-9746-8200
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1713363981678418

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2024, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Ohio University, Environmental Studies.
Given the precarious state of the planet, countries have approached environmental protection uniquely by codifying environmental rights in their constitutions. Using the theoretical concept of legal consciousness, this manuscript investigates how Colombia, Ecuador, and the United States address the environment in their respective constitutions. I find that in the U.S., individual states establish environmental provisions, while Colombia and Ecuador take a more explicit approach enshrining environmental rights in their national constitutions. More specifically, Colombia frames environmental protection as a duty of the state, while Ecuador views it as necessity, in that the environment has inherent rights. The decision to include or exclude environmental provisions in constitutions presents possibilities for future legal work on environmental rights.
Stephen Scanlan, Dr. (Advisor)
Holly Ningard, Dr. (Advisor)
58 p.
Environmental Education; Environmental Law; Environmental Studies; Latin American Studies
Legal consciousness; Latin America; Environmental Studies; Environmental rights; Rights language

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  • Citino, M. C. (2024). From Sumak Kawsay to Individual Agency: Constitutional Framing of the Environment in the United States, Colombia, and Ecuador and What it Means for Citizens [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1713363981678418

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Citino, Mia. From Sumak Kawsay to Individual Agency: Constitutional Framing of the Environment in the United States, Colombia, and Ecuador and What it Means for Citizens . 2024. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1713363981678418.

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  • Citino, Mia. "From Sumak Kawsay to Individual Agency: Constitutional Framing of the Environment in the United States, Colombia, and Ecuador and What it Means for Citizens ." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1713363981678418

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