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T1 - International Environmental Law
T2 - A Case Study Analysis
AU - Nagtzaam, Gerry
AU - van Hook, Evan
AU - Guilfoyle, Douglas
N2 - This book seeks to better understand how International Environmental Law regimes evolve. The authors address throughout the major environmental, economic, and political tensions that have both shaped and constrained the evolution of international environmental policy within regimes, and its expression in international legal rule and norm development.Readers will gain an increased understanding of the growing role played by non-state actors in global environmental governance, including environmental non-government organisations, scientists, the United Nations, and corporations. The authors also look ahead to the future of International Environmental Law, evaluating key challenges and decisions that the discipline will face.The text is clear, concise, and accessible. It is ideally suited to students and professionals interested in International Environmental Law, and individuals who are intrigued by this dynamic area of law.
AB - This book seeks to better understand how International Environmental Law regimes evolve. The authors address throughout the major environmental, economic, and political tensions that have both shaped and constrained the evolution of international environmental policy within regimes, and its expression in international legal rule and norm development.Readers will gain an increased understanding of the growing role played by non-state actors in global environmental governance, including environmental non-government organisations, scientists, the United Nations, and corporations. The authors also look ahead to the future of International Environmental Law, evaluating key challenges and decisions that the discipline will face.The text is clear, concise, and accessible. It is ideally suited to students and professionals interested in International Environmental Law, and individuals who are intrigued by this dynamic area of law.
U2 - 10.4324/9781315150291
DO - 10.4324/9781315150291
SN - 9781138556737
SN - 9781138556768
BT - International Environmental Law
PB - Routledge
CY - Abingdon UK
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Nagtzaam, G., Van Hook, E. and D. Guilfoyle, International Environmental Law : a Case Study Analysis, 2020
This book seeks to better understand how International Environmental Law regimes evolve. The authors address throughout the major environmental, economic, and political tensions that have both shaped and constrained the evolution of international environmental policy within regimes, and its expression in international legal rule and norm development. Readers will gain an increased understanding of the growing role played by non-state actors in global environmental governance, including environmental non-government organisations, scientists, the United Nations, and corporations. The authors also look ahead to the future of International Environmental Law, evaluating key challenges and decisions that the discipline will face.
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1. introduction, 2. human rights and the environment.
- 3. INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- 4. CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION
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Significant International Environmental Law Cases: 2018–19
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James Harrison, Significant International Environmental Law Cases: 2018–19, Journal of Environmental Law , Volume 31, Issue 3, November 2019, Pages 547–557, https://doi.org/10.1093/jel/eqz023
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This review of significant international environmental law cases covers the period from May 2018 to May 2019. During this period, there were no significant inter-state environmental law cases. Rather, developments in the past year have been driven by claims brought by non-state actors before specialist courts or tribunals, be it individuals bringing human rights claims or companies bringing investment claims. We also see a continuing contribution of national courts to discussions about the international obligations of states to combat climate change.
The town of Taranto in Southern Italy is the location of the largest steel plant in Europe, covering 1,500 hectares and employing about 11,000 people. The town has also been the site of significant controversy for a number of years concerning the effects of the industry on the population and the wider environment. Scientific studies conducted in the 1990s and early 2000s identified high levels of a number of polluting substances which were known to be dangerous for human health. These studies demonstrated that the levels of pollutants exceeded legal requirements and, according to some reports, the death rate of the local population from certain diseases was greater compared to the region as a whole. An environmental plan was adopted in February 2014 to mitigate these impacts, but there were several delays in putting this plan into operation. The controversy surrounding the steel plant has played out in a variety of legal forums; a number of administrative and criminal cases have been brought before the national courts 1 and Italy was also found to have violated EU law on pollution control by the European Court of Justice. 2 In addition, the issue has been the subject of two decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), with contrasting results as discussed below.
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Abstract. This book seeks to better understand how International Environmental Law regimes evolve. The authors address throughout the major environmental, economic, and political tensions that have both shaped and constrained the evolution of international environmental policy within regimes, and its expression in international legal rule and ...
This book seeks to better understand how International Environmental Law regimes evolve. The authors address throughout the major environmental, economic, and political tensions that have both shaped and constrained the evolution of international environmental policy within regimes, and its expression in international legal rule and norm development. Readers will gain an increased ...
1. INTRODUCTION. This review of significant international environmental law cases covers the period from June 2019 to May 2020. In line with the general trend in recent years, the case law during this period has largely been driven by specialist courts and tribunals operating within a particular field of international law, such as international human rights law or international investment law.
527. obligation to compensate Costa Rica for material damages caused by the unlawful activities. The Court gave the parties an opportunity to agree on the compensation that was owed, but this was not possible and Costa Rica applied to the Court in January 2017, asking it to determine the damages.
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He has lectured on International Environmental Law at Columbia Law School and the United Nations ITR and was a credentialed attendee at UN FCCC COP 23 and COP 24. He is a graduate of Yale Law School and is both a former partner in the law firm of Sidley & Austin and Assistant Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Nagtzaam, G., Van Hook, E. and D. Guilfoyle, International Environmental Law : a Case Study Analysis, 2020 Elvira Cameron on 10 June 2021 The authors address throughout the major environmental, economic, and political tensions that have both shaped and constrained the evolution of international environmental policy within regimes, and its ...
This review of significant international environmental law cases covers the period from May 2018 to May 2019. During this period, there were no significant inter-state environmental law cases. Rather, developments in the past year have been driven by claims brought by non-state actors before specialist courts or tribunals, be it individuals ...
This book seeks to better understand how International Environmental Law regimes evolve. The authors address throughout the major environmental, economic, and political tensions that have both shaped and constrained the evolution of international environmental policy within regimes, and its expression in international legal rule and norm ...
OP-JELJ170024 553..564. Journal of Environmental Law, 2017, 29, 553–563 doi: 10.1093/jel/eqx022 Advance Access Publication Date: 19 August 2017 Significant Law Cases.