{"pk":60753,"title":"An Essay: An Aspirational Right to a Healthy Environment?","subtitle":null,"abstract":"A right to a healthy environment is neither novel nor extreme. As this Essay posits, this is a propitious moment for exploring why such a right is supported by this Nation’s legal institutions. This Essay walks through those institutions – our Constitution, the common law, as well as Congressional and state efforts to embed a right to a healthy environment into our legal fabric. Those institutions collectively demonstrate how an aspirational right, such as a right to a healthy environment, enjoys sufficient legal currency and is capable of enforcement.","language":"en","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"environmental law"},{"word":"Environmental rights"},{"word":"positive rights"},{"word":"negative rights"},{"word":"healthy environment"},{"word":"NEPA"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/98v1z2c1","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Sam","middle_name":"","last_name":"Kalen","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Wyoming College of Law","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2016-07-20T05:02:52Z","date_accepted":"2016-07-20T05:02:52Z","date_published":"2016-07-20T05:05:34Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uclalaw_jelp/article/60753/galley/46716/download/"}]}