Transnational Environmental Regimes in the Context of the State’s Constitutional Functions

Environmental governance has been marked by the rise of novel forms of institutions within the last three decades. In this paper, a growing proportion of those institutional innovations is supplied by non-state actors creating specific regulatory structures, referred to as transnational environmental regimes (TER). The purpose of the article is to identify their functional correlations with states, seen through the lenses of the state’s constitutional functions. The study is divided into three sections. The first one explains the rationale for analyzing TER in the constitutional context. The second section covers the essence of TER. The third aims at delineating patterns of relations between TER and the constitutional functions of states.

Transnarodowe reżimy ekologiczne w kontekście konstytucyjnych funkcji państwa

Tendencją charakterystyczną dla struktur sterowania ochroną środowiska w ciągu ostatnich trzech dekad było powstawanie nowych form instytucji. Rosnącym na znaczeniu źródłem tych instytucjonalnych innowacji są podmioty niepaństwowe tworzące specyficzne struktury regulacji, w niniejszym opracowaniu określone mianem transnarodowych reżimów ekologicznych (TRE). Celem artykułu jest identyfikacja ich funkcjonalnych powiązań z państwami, rozpatrywanych przez pryzmat konstytucyjnych funkcji państwa. Studium zostało podzielone na trzy części. Pierwsza wyjaśnia zasadność analizowania TRE w kontekście konstytucyjnym. Druga dotyczy istoty TRE. W trzeciej podjęto próbę nakreślenia wzorców relacji między TRE i konstytucyjnymi funkcjami państw.

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