An important jurisprudential-constitutional precedent in the recognition and legal expression of the interdependencies between environment and health. 
[Decision of the Constitutional Council of France of January 31, 2020 (2019-823 QPC)] Cover Image

Un precedent jurisprudențialo-constituțional important în recunoașterea și exprimarea juridică a interdependențelor dintre mediu și sănătate. [Decizia Consiliului Constituțional al Franței din 31 ianuarie 2020 (2019-823 QPC)]
An important jurisprudential-constitutional precedent in the recognition and legal expression of the interdependencies between environment and health. [Decision of the Constitutional Council of France of January 31, 2020 (2019-823 QPC)]

Author(s): Mircea M. Dutu-Buzura
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: environmental protection; human health; objective of constitutional value; freedom of enterprise; environmental health;

Summary/Abstract: In a relatively slow but constant evolution, the case law of the Constitutional Council of France has admitted, by a decision of January 31st, 2020, the nature of constitutional valuable objectives both for environmental and human health protection, in balance with the freedom of enterprise. The new case law consolidates the relation between environment and public health, favors the emergence of concepts bordering the both fields, and bears an important meaning in comparative law.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 121-128
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian
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