环境法律关系客体新论

明确法律关系及其客体对于构建坚实的法学基础是非常重要的。环境法学界的学者普遍认为,环境是环境法律关系的客体。通过对法律关系概念的溯源,以及法律关系客体的变迁,我们发现将环境作为环境法律关系客体不足以反映环境法的真正使命。生态利益才应该是环境法律关系的客体。生态利益涵盖了人与自然的共有特征,反映了环境的本质特性,避免了人类中心主义的窠臼。因此,环境法律关系的特殊性决定了生态利益才应该是其客体。

New Views on Object of Environmental Legal Relationship

It is important to define legal relationship and its object as a firm base of the law.Most scholars studying environmental law generally consider that environment is the object of environmental legal relationship.But we find that this cannot reflect the true mission of environment law looking at the concept of environmental legal relationship and development of its object.Ecological benefits,which contain common characters of man and nature,reflect the essence of environment,and avoid the anthropocentrism,should be the object of environmental legal relationship.Therefore,the specific characteristic of environmental legal relationship determines that ecological benefits should be its object.