The right of access to environmental information and legal transplant theory: Lessons from London and Beijing

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dc.contributor.authorWhittaker, Sean
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research Councilen
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-03T09:16:35Z
dc.date.available2018-04-03T09:16:35Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-23
dc.date.updated2018-04-03T08:56:10Z
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
dc.description.sponsorshipIrish Research Council (Postgraduate (Government of Ireland) Scholarship)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationWhittaker, S. (2017) “The Right of Access to Environmental Information and Legal Transplant Theory: Lessons from London and Beijing,” Transnational Environmental Law, 6(3), pp. 509–530. doi: 10.1017/S2047102517000115.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S2047102517000115
dc.identifier.endpage530en
dc.identifier.issn2047-1025
dc.identifier.issued3en
dc.identifier.journaltitleTransnational Environmental Lawen
dc.identifier.startpage509en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/5721
dc.identifier.volume6en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCambridge University Press (CUP)en
dc.rights© 2017 Cambridge University Press. This article has been published in a revised form in Transnational Environmental Law, http://doi.org/ 10.1017/S2047102517000115. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © 2017 Cambridge University Pressen
dc.subjectRight of access to environmental informationen
dc.subjectLegal transplant theoryen
dc.subjectLaw reformen
dc.subjectEnglanden
dc.subjectChinaen
dc.subjectAarhus Conventionen
dc.titleThe right of access to environmental information and legal transplant theory: Lessons from London and Beijingen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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