Judicial Handbook on Environmental LawUNEP/Earthprint, 2005 - 131 pages Deterioration of the Earth's environment increasingly threatens the natural resource base and processes upon which all life on Earth depends. Humans are rapidly exceeding the carrying capacity of the environment and coming generations will suffer deprivation and hardship unless current patterns of production, consumption and waste management are dramatically altered. This handbook is intended to enable national judges in all types of tribunals in both civil law and common law jurisdictions to identify environmental issues coming before them and to be aware of the range of options available to them in interpreting and applying the law. Publishing Agency: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). |
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Contents
Message from the Executive Director of UNEP | |
Page TABLE OF BOXES | |
PART A GENERAL FRAMEWORK 3 | |
Defining Environment | |
Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions 9 | |
Criminal Responsibility of Corporate Officials 10 | |
Toxic Tort Litigation 11 | |
International Law in National Legal Systems 13 | |
Mandamus 54 | |
Environmental Crimes and Punishment 60 | |
Disgorging the Economic Benefit of Noncompliance 61 | |
Monitoring Judgments 62 | |
PART B PRINCIPAL AREAS OF ENVIRONMENTAL | |
Air 79 | |
Greenhouse Gases | |
Soil 87 | |
Using International Law to Interpret Domestic Law 14 | |
Definition of a Treaty 15 | |
The Trail Smelter Arbitration 17 | |
The Basic Principles of Environmental Law 19 | |
Public Trust and the Environment 25 | |
Environmental Rights 27 | |
Court imposed Licensing Conditions 37 | |
Reviewing EtAs 39 | |
Litigation 43 | |
Public Interest Standing 46 | |
Assessing Scientific Evidence 51 | |
Remedies and Enforcement 53 | |
Soil Protection in Africa 89 | |
Agriculture and Forestry 105 | |
Types of Heritage | |
Judicial Action to Protect Heritage Sites 111 | |
The Taj Mahal Case 113 | |
Noise 115 | |
Controlling Air Pollution from Transportation 120 | |
Tourism 123 | |
Toxic and Hazardous Substances and Waste 127 | |
The Importance of Enforcing Hazardous Waste Regulatory Requirements 130 | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Judicial Handbook on Environmental Law |
| Authors | Dinah Shelton, Alexandre Charles Kiss, United Nations Environment Programme |
| Editors | Dinah Shelton, Alexandre Charles Kiss |
| Edition | braille |
| Publisher | UNEP/Earthprint, 2005 |
| ISBN | 9280725556, 9789280725551 |
| Length | 131 pages |
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