The Role of the Judiciary in Environmental Governance: Comparative PerspectivesLouis J. Kotzé, Louis J Kotzé, Alexander R. Paterson Kluwer Law International B.V., 2009 M01 1 - 637 pages This important book investigates the environmental legal frameworks, court structures and relevant jurisprudence of nineteen countries, representing legal systems and legal cultures from a diverse array of countries situated across the globe. In doing so, it distils comparative trends, new developments, and best practices in adjudication endeavours, highlighting the benefits and shortcomings of the judicial approach to environmental governance. |
Contents
Preface | 23 |
Foreword | 41 |
Chapter 1 | 55 |
Decisions since 2005 | 63 |
4 | 68 |
The Way Forward | 114 |
Table of Cases | 120 |
Chapter 7 | 123 |
The Way Forward | 344 |
Table of Cases | 351 |
Principal Environmental Laws | 357 |
The Courts | 365 |
Critical Survey and Future Perspectives | 374 |
Table of International Instruments | 380 |
Institutions and Governance Structures | 385 |
Critical Survey | 402 |
Overview over the Judiciary | 126 |
Some Illustrative Judicial Decisions | 136 |
73 | 141 |
Bibliography | 146 |
Overview of the Court System | 157 |
Critical Survey | 170 |
Table of Legislation | 176 |
Main Environmental Issues and Laws | 183 |
Analysis of Significant Environmental Judgments | 196 |
Critical Survey | 202 |
The Way Forward | 203 |
Chapter 6 | 209 |
Analysis of Significant Environmental Judgments | 218 |
Next Steps Key Challenges and Key Opportunities | 237 |
Table of Legislation | 245 |
Brazil | 249 |
Structure and Main Functions of Brazilian Courts | 255 |
Critical Evaluation | 262 |
Chapter 8 | 269 |
The Judicial System in Argentina | 276 |
Critical Evaluation and Way Forward | 286 |
Table of Treaties and International Instruments | 292 |
Environmental Issues | 296 |
Overview of the Court System | 306 |
Significant Court Judgments of Environmental Relevance | 312 |
Table of Regional and International Instruments | 318 |
The Court System | 329 |
Critical Survey | 342 |
The Way Forward | 404 |
Table of International Instruments | 408 |
An Overview of the Peoples Court System | 421 |
Critical Survey | 439 |
Table of Legislation | 446 |
Chapter 2 | 451 |
Judicial and NonJudicial Forms of Environmental Dispute | 462 |
Conclusion and Way Forward | 474 |
Chapter 15 | 479 |
Analysis of Significant Environmental Judgments | 487 |
Activism | 500 |
Background | 506 |
Principal Environmental Laws | 511 |
Conclusion and Way Forward | 522 |
Principal Environmental Laws and Institutions | 529 |
Analysis of Significant Environmental Judgments | 537 |
Critical Survey and Way Forward | 549 |
Table of International Instruments | 556 |
Environmental Issues | 558 |
Belgium | 567 |
Conclusion | 594 |
Abbreviations | 601 |
The Legal and Institutional Milieu for Environmental Governance | 608 |
An Overview of the Judicial System | 615 |
2 | 620 |
Table of Legislation | 628 |
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