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32 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 99 (2007)
The Ancient and the Modern: Environmental Law and Governance in Islam

handle is hein.journals/cjel32 and id is 103 raw text is: The Ancient and the Modern: Environmental Law and Governance in Islam Geoffrey E. Roughtont In trod u ctio n ............................................................................................................... 100 I. Environmental Principles in Islamic Law ............................................................ 101 A. The Relationship Between God, Man, and the Environment ....................... 102 1. C reatio n ......................................................................................................... 10 3 2. V ice-R egen cy ................................................................................................. 105 B. Environmental Principles by Subject Area ..................................................... 108 1. Plants and Animals ........................................................................................ 108 2. Natural Resources ......................................................................................... 111 3 . P o llu tio n ........................................................................................................ 114 C. Policy Implications ........................................................................................... 115 II. Muslim Government and Environmental Protection ....................................... 116 A. Islamic Governance .......................................................................................... 116 1. Formation of Islamic Government .............................................................. 116 2. Environmental Duties ................................................................................... 117 3. Policy Implications ........................................................................................ 119 B. Environmentalism in Positive Law .................................................................. 120 1. Early example- The Mejelle .......................................................................... 120 2. Recent Examples ........................................................................................... 122 C. Suggestions for Future Islamic Environmental Law ...................................... 126 1. Islam-inspired Law ........................................................................................ 126 2. Fo reign L aw ................................................................................................... 127 III. Islamic Environmentalism and Iraq .................................................................. 131 A. Constitution and Governance ......................................................................... 131 B. Environmental Problems ................................................................................. 133 C. Steps Toward a Possible Solution .................................................................... 137 IV . C o n clu sio n ........................................................................................................... 138 * J.D. Candidate 2007, Columbia Law School; B.A. 2004, University of Iowa; Editor-in- Chief, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law. I would like to thank my parents, Michael Roughton & Rebecca Colton and Karen & George Lawson, for their help and support. I would also like to extend my gratitude to Columbia Law School Professor Sherif Omar Hassan for his guidance in writing this Note, to Georgetown Law Center Professor Richard Lazarus and Boston College Law School Professor Zygmunt Plater for sharing their enthusiasm for and expertise in environmental law, and to Joanna Waggoner for first interesting me in Islamic studies. t Best Student Writing Prize Winner 2005-06.

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