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Author(s)
Claire Joachim, Ph.D.
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DOI:10.17265/1548-6605/2022.08.003
Affiliation(s)
University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France
ABSTRACT
The aim of this paper is to
demonstrate the importance of a comparative approach in environmental
protection. More specifically, it shows the impact of legal culture on the
effectiveness of environmental protection law. As the task is broad,
environmental protection in Chinese and European contexts is specifically
analyzed as an example. Three elements stand out at the study of these areas
from a comparative perspective. First of all, the role of law in regulating
life in society; secondly the way society considers natural elements; and
finally, the integration of international rules in each legal order. This paper
establishes that values and traditions hidden in environmental governances need
to be deeply studied before launching any renewal of international
environmental law. If law is an essential tool to environmental protection, one
needs to renew the method(s). Indeed, a unique global legislation applied to a
diversity of legal cultures, as well as international conventions based on
Western conception of nature, may not be relevant. The comparison between EU
and Chinese environmental laws reveals indicators of this tendency.
KEYWORDS
comparative environmental law, China, European Union, legal culture
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