论环境权之非法律权利属性

环境权首先提出于西方发达国家,是人类对自然的掠夺性开发造成的环境危机的产物。在辨析各种环境权性质学说的基础上,通过对权利本质及其要素的分析,不难得出环境权不是一种法律权利而是一种法益。从现行法律体系来看,在环境民事责任中,环境权没有利益落脚点,其利益落脚点在于财产权和人格权。承认环境权的法律权利地位将导致整个法律体系的制度变迁,这种制度变迁由于成本大于收益而无法实现。

Discussing the Non - legal Right Attribute of Environmental Rights

Environmental rights were first advanced by west developed countries, It is the results of environment crisis which was created by human's devastating exploitation to nature. On the basis of distinguishing different kinds of environmental rights theories and according to analyzing the essence and key elements of legal right, we can easily conclude that environmental rights are not legal rights, but legal interest. From the angle of current legal system, there is no interest element of environmental rights in environmental civil liabilityll .If we acknowledge environmental rights as legal rights, the whole legal system will be forced to be changed. It can not be fulfilled because the costs are far bigger than the benefits.