TITLE:
The Alignment of Greece with the Environmental Law of the European Union: Historical Development, Current Trends and Critical Implications with Regard to the Challenge of Intragenerational and Intergenerational Justice
AUTHORS:
Georgios A. Moutsinas, Georgios Meletiadis, Zoi Patetsou, Dimitrios S. Prampromis, Konstantinos D. Patitsas, Sofoklis E. Dritsas
KEYWORDS:
Environmental Law, European Union, Greece, Intragenerational Justice, Intergenerational Justice
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.10 No.2,
February
28,
2022
ABSTRACT: We are living in an age, where the connection between the concepts of
“environment” and “justice” is disputed in terms of its very existence and
practical application. At the same time, the force of environmental law is
encountered in a variety of institutional organizations internationally, among
which the European Union and its cohesive member states play a pivotal role,
albeit with differences amid its Community partners. In the present paper, the
compliance of Greek environmental law with the European one is studied in the
light of intragenerational and intergenerational justice. Methodologically, a
systematic review of 106 institutional documents and scientific bibliographic
references was carried out, acquiescing in the instructions of the PRISMA
Statement (Moher, Liberati, Tetzlaff, Altman, & The PRISMA Group, 2009; Page et
al., 2021). The findings of the research showed both the prevalence of
appropriate institutional mechanisms at Community and Greek domestic level, as
well as the chronic shortcomings of Greece in relation to the unhindered
implementation of the European environmental regulations. Consequently, the
need to redefine Greek national policies so as to be characterized by an
explicit ecological orientation and to update the investigated issue in the
context of the current coronavirus pandemic emerges.