Environmental Issues in a Federation: The Case of Malaysia
From a constitutional perspective, the responsibilities over environmental issues cannot be precisely divided between federal and state governments. Environmental problems could only be dealt with successfully, as the Malaysian case exemplify, through a concurrent jurisdiction. The responsibility fo...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2005
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Intellectual discourse
Jahr: 2005, Band: 13, Heft: 2 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | From a constitutional perspective, the responsibilities over environmental issues cannot be precisely divided between federal and state governments. Environmental problems could only be dealt with successfully, as the Malaysian case exemplify, through a concurrent jurisdiction. The responsibility for the implementation of environmental laws is left to the states which because of their nearness to the source of environmental problems are in a better position to monitor violations. However, interstate environmental problems must be addressed jointly by federal and state governments. |
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| ISSN: | 2289-5639 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Intellectual discourse
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