Environmental Protection as a Component of the Concept of the „Constitutional Core” of the European Union Cover Image

Ochrona środowiska naturalnego jako element składowy koncepcji „rdzenia konstytucyjności” Unii Europejskiej
Environmental Protection as a Component of the Concept of the „Constitutional Core” of the European Union

Author(s): Alicja Sikora
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Constitutional Law, EU-Legislation
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: EU legal order; Artitcle 2 of TEU; global constitutionalism; environmental protection; ‘constitutional core’ of the European Union;

Summary/Abstract: This paper attempts to demonstrate that, in the current state of the development of European Union law and against the background of the concept of global constitutionalism (including global environmental constitutionalism and challenges related to climate change), environmental protection, understood as protecting natural heritage, counteracting the irreversible effects of industrialization, and the condition of existence of present and future generations, may be understood as a component of the „constitutional core” of the European Union.

  • Issue Year: 19/2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 59-90
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Polish