nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230427-204506-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230427s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230427-204506-0 doi eng 342 23 Koehn, Lena Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-3454-2249 Judicial Backlash Against the Rights of Nature in Ecuador - The Constitutional Precedent of Los Cedros Disputed Koehn, Lena Verfassungsblog 2023-04-27 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In 2008, Ecuador surprised the world by recognizing nature’s own rights in its constitution. The surprise was even bigger when Ecuador unlike other countries began to actually apply and enforce the Rights of Nature, particularly through constitutional jurisprudence since 2019. We show that the strong constitutional precedents, while casting much appreciated light on some legal uncertainties about the novel set of rights, are also met with defiance. Backlashing tendencies are not restricted to the private sector and the government, but are articulated within the judiciary itself CC BY-SA 4.0 Nassl, Julia Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/judicial-backlash-against-the-rights-of-nature-in-ecuador/ raw object