Thinking Anew About the Environmental Rights Amendment: An Analysis of Recent Commonwealth Court Decisions

Authors

John C. Dernbach, Widener University Commonwealth Law School

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Widener Commonwealth Law Review

Publication Date

1-1-2020

Comments

54 Pages Posted: 3 Feb 2021 Date Written: February 1, 2021 In landmark decisions in 2013 and 2017, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court revitalized the Environmental Rights Amendment (Article I, Section 27) to the state constitution. It did so by rejecting a three-part test that the Commonwealth Court articulated in 1973 as a substitute for the text of the Amendment.

Recommended Citation

Dernbach, John C., "Thinking Anew About the Environmental Rights Amendment: An Analysis of Recent Commonwealth Court Decisions" (2020). Faculty Scholarship. 155.
https://cwldc.widener.edu/facscholarship/155