The Role of the Judiciary in Environmental Governance: Comparative PerspectivesLouis J Kotzé, A. Paterson Kluwer Law International B.V., 2009 M04 17 - 640 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
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Critical Survey | 76 |
Table of Cases | 82 |
Environmental Issues and Performance | 88 |
Environmental Jurisdiction | 99 |
Critical Survey | 342 |
The Way Forward | 344 |
Principal Environmental Laws | 357 |
Critical Survey and Future Perspectives | 374 |
Institutions and Governance Structures | 385 |
Critical Survey | 402 |
Table of International Instruments | 408 |
An Overview of the Peoples Court System | 421 |
The Way Forward | 114 |
Table of Cases | 120 |
Overview over the Judiciary | 126 |
Some Illustrative Judicial Decisions | 136 |
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 |
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 |
Chapter 7 | 249 |
Critical Evaluation | 262 |
The Judicial System in Argentina | 276 |
Table of Legislation | 291 |
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 | 439 |
Table of Legislation | 446 |
Chapter 14 | 451 |
Judicial and NonJudicial Forms of Environmental Dispute | 462 |
Conclusion and Way Forward | 474 |
Chapter 15 | 479 |
Analysis of Significant Environmental Judgments | 487 |
Challenges Facing the Judiciary in Environmental Governance | 497 |
Table of Legislation | 503 |
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 |
Governance Structures and Institutions | 567 |
Conclusion | 594 |
Abbreviations | 601 |
The Legal and Institutional Milieu for Environmental Governance | 608 |
An Overview of the Judicial System | 615 |
Table of Legislation | 628 |
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