Revista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals (Jun 2024)

Rights of Nature and the Spanish Constitution: The Case of the Mar Menor Lagoon

  • Blanca Soro Mateo,
  • Santiago M. Álvarez Carreño

DOI
https://doi.org/10.57645/20.8080.01.17
Journal volume & issue
no. 39
pp. 61 – 122

Abstract

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The purpose of this study is to analyse the constitutionality of Law 19/2022, based on the theory of the rights of nature, specifically its compatibility with the constitutional framework used by the Spanish State (Art. 149.1.23 of the Spanish Constitution) as a regulatory basis in the new field of the rights of nature and its impact on the regulatory possibilities of the autonomous communities. This article also studies the Law from the perspective of legal certainty (Art. 9.3 of the Spanish Constitution).

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