THE EL-RAKHAWI SCHOOL (MADHAB) THE ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL CONTRACT Rights of Nature and Intergenerational Justice in Constitutional Law

"The Environmental Social Contract" by Mohamed Kamal Arafa El-Rekhawy offers a groundbreaking constitutional framework for the Anthropocene. Addressing the inadequacy of anthropocentric constitutions, it proposes a legal architecture recognizing ecosystems as rights-bearing entities and institutionalizing intergenerational equity. Drawing on comparative jurisprudence from Ecuador, New Zealand, and Colombia, the book develops doctrinal tools for standing, guardianship, and evidentiary thresholds. It establishes accountability mechanisms, including ecocide criminalization, and provides model constitutional amendments. Ultimately, this work bridges theory and operational realism, offering drafters and judges a blueprint to transform environmental protection into an enforceable constitutional right, ensuring ecological sustainability without sacrificing human dignity.