Belokrylova E.A., Kologermanskaya E.M. Peculiarities of the realization of citizens’ rights to favorable environment in the Russian Federation and India: comparative law analysis

Abstract: The main object of this research is the comparative law analysis of the relations in the area of fundamental environmental rights in the Russian Federation and India, as well as the key means of their protection. The subject of this research is the right of a human and citizen to favorable environment, its key elements, as well as the mechanism of its legal realization. In the comparative legal context, the authors research the positions of the Constitutions of the Russian Federation and India, which establish the rights to a favorable environment. A special attention is given to such issues as the legal status of the branches of government authority involved in the process of protection of the right to favorable environment in Russia and India, and highlight the special role of the judicial branches in the legislative branch of power, as well as the importance of court decisions in the environmental legislation of India. The authors highlight the general and distinctive features of other legal principles aimed at protection of the right of every individual to favorable environment in Russia and India.

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