Courts and the Environment

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

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. Páez

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
María Augusta León 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