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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452392803321

Autore

Zengerling Cathrin

Titolo

Greening international jurisprudence : environmental NGOs before international courts, tribunals, and compliance committees / / by Cathrin Zengerling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brill, 2013

Leiden : , : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, , 2013

ISBN

90-04-25731-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (404 p.)

Collana

Legal aspects of sustainable development, , 1875-0923 ; ; volume 17

Disciplina

344.04/6

Soggetti

Environmental law, International

International courts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

1. Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, and Institutional Arrangements.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ENGOs, environmental problems, international law and politics -- Multilevel enforcement of international environmental law -- Regional international judicial and quasi-judicial bodies -- Universal international judicial and quasi-judicial bodies -- Conclusions and theses.

Sommario/riassunto

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. The analytical structure of the study is based on four aspects of discussion and research: the enforcement deficit in environmental law; global environmental governance and sustainable development; the proliferation of international judicial and quasi-judicial bodies; and deliberation and democratic global governance. 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 fundamental question of whether the respective body appropriately contributes to the realization of democratic governance for sustainable development. After presenting



her core findings, the author provides concrete recommendations for future best practices and discusses the need for a new World Environment Court. Researchers, practitioners, and students of international environmental law will find an important, thought-provoking and timely new text in Greening International Jurisprudence: Environmental NGOs before International Courts, Tribunals, and Compliance Committees .