Overview

This discerning book examines the challenges, opportunities and solutions for courts adjudicating on environmental cases. It offers a critical analysis of the practice and judgments of courts from various representative and influential jurisdictions. Through the analysis and comparison of court practices and case law across global domestic courts as varied as the National Green Tribunal in India, the Land and Environment Court in Australia, and the District Court of The Hague in the Netherlands, the expert contributors bring together a wealth of knowledge in order to enhance mutual learning and understanding towards an environmental rule of law. In doing so, they illustrate that courts play a vital role in the formation and crystallization of rulings and decisions to protect and conserve the environment. Ultimately, they prove that there are many lessons to be learnt from other legal systems in seeking to maintain and enhance the environmental rule of law. Contemporary and global in scope, Courts and the Environment is essential reading for scholars and students of environmental law, as well as judges, legal practitioners and policymakers interested in understanding the legal challenges to and the legal basis for protecting environmental values in courts. Contributors: A. Bengtsson, L. Butterly, O. Chornous, T. Daya-Winterbottom, Y.K. Dewi, G.E.K. Dzah, H.S. Ferreira, R. Guidone, D. Hodas, A. Jayadi, S. Jolly, H. Jonas, A. Kennedy, N. Kichigin, E. Lamprea, M.A. Leon Moreta, B Liu, Z. Makuch, P. Martin, R.L.M. Mendes, N.H.T. Nam, A.M. Páez, R. Pepper, B. Preston, N. Robinson, D.A. Serraglio, O. Spijkers, C. Voigt, Z. Zhang

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Author:   Christina Voigt ,  Zen Makuch
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.694kg
ISBN:  

9781800371002

ISBN 10:   1800371004
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   15 June 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Part I Conceptualizing the Role of Courts in Protecting the Environment 1. The Nature of Courts Nicholas Robinson 2. Bridging the Gap Between Aspiration and Outcomes: The role of the Court in ensuring Ecologically Sustainable Development Brian Preston, Paul Martin and Amanda Kennedy 3. The Legitimate Role of Rights-Based Approaches to Environmental Conflict Resolution Trevor Daya-Winterbottom Part II Taking the Lead: The Court as Trailblazer for Environmental Protection 4. Ghana's Courts and Environmental Rule of Law Godwin E. K. Dzah 5. Activities of the Brazilian Judiciary Aimed at Combating Global Warming in the Amazon and Cerrado Biomes Heline Sivini Ferreira, Diogo Andreola Serraglio and Rullyan Levi Maganhati Mendes 6. Procedural and Substantive Innovations Propounded by the Indian Judiciary in Balancing the Protection of Environment and Development: A Legal Analysis Stellina Jolly and Zen Makuch Part III Access to Justice for the Environment 7. Inviting Civil Society to the Table: The Case of the African Commission Nora Ho Tu Nam 8. Collective Environmental Litigation in Colombia: An Empirical Assessment Everaldo Lamprea and Angela M. Paez 9. Are Courts Colour Blind to Country? Indigenous Cultural Heritage, Environmental Law and the Australian Judicial System Lauren Butterly and Rachel Pepper 10. What Chinese Courts Could Learn From the U.S.A.: The Approach of Public Interest Litigation Under the New China Environmental Protection Law Zhuoxian Zhang 11. Protection of Environmental Rights of Citizens in the Courts of Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine Oleksandra Chornous and Nicolay Kichigin Part IV Courts in Action 12. The Challenge of Bringing Transnational Corporations to Justice for Environmental Damage: A Case Study of Texaco Oil Company and Chevron vs Lago Agrio Plaintiffs Maria Augusta Leon Moreta and Gloria Bingyu Liu 13. Enhancing Corporate Responsibilities to Fulfill the Right to a Clean Environment: Lessons Learned from Indonesian Courts Yetty Komalasari Dewi and Anbar Jayadi 14. The Urgenda case: A Successful Example of Public Interest Litigation for the Protection of the Environment? Otto Spijkers 15. U.S.A. Climate Change Adjudication: The Epic Journey from a Petition for Rulemaking to National Greenhouse Gas Regulation David Hodas 16. A Review of Environmental Courts and Tribunals for Civil Society Organisations and the Judiciary Ria Guidone and Holly Jonas 17. Swedish Environmental Courts - Specialized Civil and Administrative Courts Anders Bengtsson Index

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'This book is a survival tool for judges who are increasingly required to respond to legal action meant to protect the earth from the existential threat to human civilization posed by global warming. Christina Voigt and Zen Makuch have assembled authors who affirm that there is no greater force to protect Earth and its habitants than the environmental rule of law.' -- Michael D. Wilson, Hawaii Supreme Court, US 'From pioneers to latecomers, the role of Courts in relation to environmental protection has oscillated in ways that make their overall contribution difficult to assess. This book is a significant addition to the mapping and stock-taking effort. It shows that, in practice, Courts are indeed playing a very important role in adapting legal systems to the need to conserve the environment.' -- Jorge E. Vinuales, University of Cambridge, UK

'This book is a survival tool for judges who are increasingly required to respond to legal action meant to protect the earth from the existential threat to human civilization posed by global warming. Christina Voigt and Zen Makuch have assembled authors who affirm that there is no greater force to protect Earth and its habitants than the environmental rule of law.' --Michael D. Wilson, Hawaii Supreme Court, US'From pioneers to latecomers, the role of Courts in relation to environmental protection has oscillated in ways that make their overall contribution difficult to assess. This book is a significant addition to the mapping and stock-taking effort. It shows that, in practice, Courts are indeed playing a very important role in adapting legal systems to the need to conserve the environment.' --Jorge E. Vinuales, University of Cambridge, UK

Author Information

Edited by Christina Voigt, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Norway and Zen Makuch, Director, Sustainable Transitions, Imperial College London, UK and Barrister

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