Courts and the environment / edited by Christina Voigt, Zen Makuch.

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Other Authors: Voigt, Christina, 1971- (Editor), Makuch, Zen (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2018]
Series:IUCN Academy of Environmental Law series.
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Table of Contents:
  • The nature of courts / Nicholas A. Robinson
  • Bridging the gap between aspiration and outcomes : the role of the court in ensuring ecologically sustainable development / Brian Preston, Paul Martin, Amanda Kennedy
  • The legitimate role of rights-based approaches to environmental conflict resolution / Trevor Daya-Winterbottom
  • Ghana's courts and environmental rule of law / Godwin E.K. Dzah
  • Activity of the Brazilian judiciary in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes aimed at combating global warming / Heline Sivini Ferreira, Diogo Andreola Serraglio, Rullyan Levi Maganhati Mendes
  • Procedural and substantive innovations propounded by the Indian judiciary in balancing protection of environment and development : a legal analysis / Stellina Jolly, Zen Makuch
  • Inviting civil society to the table : the case of the African Commission / Nora Ho Tu Nam
  • Collective environmental litigation in Colombia : an empirical assessment / Everaldo Lamprea, Angela M. Páez
  • Are courts colour blind to country? : Indigenous cultural heritage, environmental law and the Australian judicial system / Rachel Pepper, Lauren Butterly
  • What Chinese courts could learn from the USA : the approach of public interest litigation under the new China Environmental Protection Law / Zhuoxian Zhang
  • Protection of environmental rights of citizens in the courts of Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine / Aleksandr Chornous, Nicolay Kichigin
  • The challenge of bringing transnational corporations to justice for environmental damage : a case study of Texaco Oil Company and Chevron vs Lago Agrio Plaintiffs / María Augusta León Moreta, Bingyu Liu
  • Enhancing corporate responsibilities to fulfill the right to a clean environment : a lesson learned from Indonesian courts / Yetty Komalasari Dewi, Anbar Jayadi
  • The Urgenda case : a successful example of public interest litigation for the protection of the environment? / Otto Spijkers
  • US climate change adjudication : the epic journey from a petition for rulemaking to national greenhouse gas regulation / David Hodas
  • A review of environmental courts and tribunals for CSOs and the judiciary / Ria Guidone, Holly Jonas
  • Swedish environmental courts : specialized civil and administrative courts / Anders Bengtsson.