"The Public" In Environmental Law

Today’s increasingly serious social haze,environmental protection has become a common topic of the whole society,for the environment and ecological protection is the common problem faced by mankind.Because of the public nature and the public welfare of the environmental protection work,the public participation in environmental protection is essential.From the perspective of public participation in environmental protection,the public is an important concept of environmental law,to solve environmental problems also need the participation of the public,therefore,the concept of public analysis is an important task in the study of environmental law.However,the public is not the first to use the word in the field of environmental law,but first applied in other disciplines,with the increasing environmental problems and gradually applied to the field of environmental law.When studying,this paper first analyzes the general theory of the public from other disciplines,and then analyzes the public in environmental law.At the same time,the study of the foreign environmental law on the public theory and then in combination with the actual situation in our country on the basis of its advanced theoretical system.Then analyze the current situation of the public in environmental law of our country,find the problems and put forward some suggestions to promote public participation in environmental protection,and avoid the "free riding" behavior.This paper is divided into four parts to introduce the "public" in the environmental law respectively from the "public" general theory,the typical foreign environmental law on the "public" and the relevant theory,the relevant theory,China’s environmental law on the "public" provisions and their deficiencies.Finally,from the four angles of natural persons,legal persons,environmental organizations,government agencies,to introduce in our country’s environmental laws should be how to define the "public",make the public more actively involved in environmental protection work,promote the environmental protection cause of the healthy and orderly development.The main purpose of this article is based on the various disciplines and other countries "public" theory to analyze,in order to determine a reasonable range for China’s environmental law in the "public","public" to determine the extension of the public participation in environmental decision-making and environmental protection work well.In summary,this paper expounds the concept of "public" from the above four aspects,hoping to provide a general direction for public participation in environmental protection in the future,but due to the limited theoretical level,this may in the scope of the public is not perfect,many opinions are still not mature,for reference only.