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Reference Entry. Subjects: International Environmental Law; Public International Law; International Law; Law. 6197 words.
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ARC Ecology and ors v United States Department of the Air Force and ors, Appeal Judgment, 411 F.3d 1092 (9th Cir. 2005), ILDC 901 (US 2005), 15th June 2005, Court of Appeals (9th Circuit) [9th Cir.]
Legal Material. Subjects: International Environmental Law; Public International Law; International Law; Law. 6399 words.
Whether the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act applied extra-territorially to permit foreign citizens to bring a claim against the United States for...
Beanal v Freeport-McMoran Incorporated and Freeport McMoran Copper and Gold Incorporated, Appeal judgment, 197 F.3d 161 (5th Cir. 1999), ILDC 1449 (US 1999), 29th November 1999, Court of Appeals (5th Circuit) [5th Cir.]
Legal Material. Subjects: International Environmental Law; Public International Law; International Law; Law. 5383 words.
Whether the Alien Tort Statute (‘ATS’) provided US federal district courts with subject matter jurisdiction over claims asserting violations of international environmental law committed by...
Community of Pyrga through the President of the Community and the local authority of Pyrga and ors v Republic of Cyprus through the Council of Ministers and ors, Interim decision, Case no 671/1991, ILDC 1790 (CY 1991), (1991) CLR 3498, 7th November 1991, Supreme Court [Sup Ct]
Legal Material. Subjects: International Environmental Law; Public International Law; International Law; Law. 1369 words.
Whether the right to life—as protected by the Cyprus Constitution—could be interpreted in light of international instruments so as to encompass a right to the environment.
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Reference Entry. Subjects: International Environmental Law; Public International Law; International Law; Law. 20034 words.
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Dispute Concerning Access to Information Under Article 9 of the OSPAR Convention, Ireland v United Kingdom, Final Award, (2003) XXIII RIAA 59, (2003) 42 ILM 1118, ICGJ 377 (PCA 2003), 2nd July 2003, Permanent Court of Arbitration [PCA]
Legal Material. Subjects: International Environmental Law; Public International Law; International Law; Law. 40340 words.
Whether the United Kingdom request regarding the Tribunal’s lack of jurisdiction and the inadmissibility of claims should be upheld.
Whether Ireland’s claims of information under...
Ensuring the effectiveness of environmental law
in Environmental Law: A Very Short Introduction
October 2017; p ublished online October 2017 .
Chapter. Subjects: International Environmental Law. 4061 words.
Much of the stretching of the legal imagination of environmental lawyers has been trying to make environmental law more effective. Enforcement practices have evolved, innovative regulatory...
Environmental Law: A Very Short Introduction
October 2017; p ublished online October 2017 .
Book. Subjects: International Environmental Law. 168 pages.
Environmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems. It is a vast area of law that operates from the local to the global, involving a range of different legal and regulatory...
Environmental problems
in Environmental Law: A Very Short Introduction
October 2017; p ublished online October 2017 .
Chapter. Subjects: International Environmental Law. 3868 words.
The inherent complexity of environmental problems resonates throughout the creation and operation of environmental law. It shapes its structure and gives rise to questions that push the...
Expanding legal imagination
in Environmental Law: A Very Short Introduction
October 2017; p ublished online October 2017 .
Chapter. Subjects: International Environmental Law. 4216 words.
The creation and operation of environmental law has forced lawyers to reflect upon and develop legal concepts, rules, and principles. This is because environmental law is not confined to...
