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1 online resource (404 pages) |
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Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development |
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Legal aspects of sustainable development.
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| Contents |
Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Table of International Instruments; Introduction; I. Enforcement Deficit in Environmental Law; II. Global Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development; III. Proliferation of International Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Institutions; IV. Deliberation and Democratic Global Governance; V. Structure of the Analysis; Chapter 1 ENGOs, Environmental Problems, International Law, and Politics; I. ENGOs and Environmental Problems; II. ENGOs in International Political Commitments; A. Rio Declaration and Agenda 21 |
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B. Malmö Ministerial DeclarationC. UNEP Montevideo Programmes; D. Aarhus Convention and Almaty Guidelines; III. Relevance, Definition, and Legal Status of NGOs in International Law; A. Relevance of NGOs in the International Arena; B. Definition of NGOs under International Law; C. Legal Status of NGOs under International Law; 1. Legal Personality; 2. Rights and Duties; IV. Legitimacy and Accountability; V. Conclusions; Chapter 2 Multilevel Enforcement of International Environmental Law; I. International Environmental Law; A. Sources; B. Addressees and Content of MEAs |
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II. National Courts-Germany and the United StatesA. Germany; B. United States; C. Opportunities and Constraints; 1. Gaps in Judicial Control in Germany; 2. Gaps in Judicial Control in the United States; III. European Court of Justice; A. Mixed Multilateral Environmental Agreements; B. ECJ and International Environmental Law; C. Access to the European Court of Justice; 1. Procedures; 2. Statistics; 3. Environmental NGOs at the ECJ; D. Environmental Case Law; 1. Application of MEAs and Legislation Implementing MEAs; 2. ECJ on Competing Jurisdictions; E. Opportunities and Constraints |
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IV. International Courts, Arbitral Tribunals, and Compliance CommitteesA. Cases for the International Level; B. Judicial Dispute Settlement, Arbitration, and Compliance Control; 1. Judicial Dispute Settlement; 2. Arbitration; 3. Compliance Control; C. Relationship between Dispute Settlement and Compliance Control; D. Compliance, Implementation, Enforcement, and Effectiveness; E. Multilevel and Cross-Fragment Relations; V. Conclusions; Chapter 3 Regional International Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Bodies; I. Judicial Dispute Settlement-Regional Human Rights Courts |
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A. Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, and Institutional Arrangements1. European Court of Human Rights; 2. Inter-American Court of Human Rights; 3. African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights; B. Access to the Human Rights Courts; 1. European Court of Human Rights; 2. Inter-American Court of Human Rights; 3. African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights; C. Environmental Case Law; 1. European Court of Human Rights; 2. Inter-American Court and Commission of Human Rights; 3. African Court and Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights; D. Evaluation |
| Summary |
Greening International Jurisprudence: Environmental NGOs before International Courts, Tribunals, and Compliance Committees examines how international judicial and quasi-judicial bodies enforce international environmental law, with particular consideration to the role of environmental NGOs. Author Cathrin Zengerling analyses the institutional structure as well as the environmental case law from a total of fourteen international courts, arbitral tribunals, and compliance committees with special focus on accessibility, comprehensiveness, and transparency. Underlying this analysis is the fundament |
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Law |
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International environmental law |
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1. Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, and Institutional Arrangements |
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Print version record |
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Environmental law, International.
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International courts.
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LAW / International
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Environmental law, International
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International courts
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International courts.
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International environmental law.
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Non-governmental organizations.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004257313 |
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9004257314 |
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