Environmental Law Before the Courts : A US-EU Narrative

• Autore: Antonelli Giovanni
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (348 pages)
• Altri autori: GerrardMichael ColangeloSara MontedoroGiancarlo SantiseMaurizio LavrysenLuc FerroniMaria Vittoria
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- How the Courts Have Interpreted the Relevance of the U.S. Constitution to Environmental Law -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Commerce Clause -- 3 Case and Controversy Clause and Standing Doctrine -- 4 The Supremacy Clause: Preemption -- 4.1 Toxic Substances Control Act -- 4.2 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act -- 4.3 Atomic Energy Act -- 5 First Amendment: Freedom of Speech -- 5.1 Greenwashing -- 5.2 Securities Regulation and Compelled Disclosures -- 5.3 The First Amendment's Scope of Coverage -- 5.4 The Applicable Level of Scrutiny -- 6 Fourth Amendment: Searches and Seizures -- 6.1 Warrantless Searches Pursuant to Consent -- 6.2 Warrantless Searches of Pervasively Regulated Businesses -- 6.3 Warrantless Searches of Property in Public View -- 6.4 Searches Pursuant to Warrant -- 7 Fifth Amendment -- 7.1 Procedural Due Process -- 7.2 Substantive Due Process -- 7.3 Takings -- 8 Fourteenth Amendment: Equal Protection -- 9 Conclusions -- References -- The Environmental Rights Provisions of U.S. State Constitutions: A Comparative Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Right to Quality Environment: Similarities and Differences in Text -- 3 Scope -- 3.1 Role of Courts in Defining Right to a Quality Environment -- 3.2 Role of Legislature in Defining or Limiting Right to Quality Environment -- 4 Standing -- 5 Possible Defendants -- 5.1 Right of Action Against State? -- 5.2 Right of Action Against Private Parties? -- 6 Standard for Determining Constitutionality of Challenged Actions -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Environmental Justice Before U.S. Courts -- 1 Introduction: Mobilizing the Environmental Justice Movement -- 2 Litigation: A Tool of Limited But Continuing Utility -- 2.1 Antidiscrimination Cases: Constitution and Civil Rights Act-Based Claims -- 2.2 Substantive and Procedural Environmental Law Claims. ; 2.3 Tort Claims -- 3 Promise and Peril: Emerging Tools and Challenges for Environmental Justice Litigation -- 3.1 Federal Progress Under the Biden Administration -- 3.2 State Environmental Justice Statutes and State Law-Based Claims -- 3.3 Other Emerging Influences on Environmental Justice Litigation -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Ripple Effect: A Look at Sackett v. EPA and the Non-Water Quality Values That the Clean Water Act Protects, in Environmental Law Before the Courts: A US-EU Narrative -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Origins of the "Ripple Effect" -- 3 The "Ripple Effect" in Practice -- 4 An Uncertain Future for the "Ripple Effect" -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Specialized State Environmental Courts in the U.S.: The Experience of Vermont and Hawai'i -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Vermont's Experience with an Environmental Court Since Its Founding in 1990 -- 2.1 The U.S. State of Vermont -- 2.2 Vermont's Judiciary and a Brief History of Its Environmental Court -- 2.3 Vermont Superior Court Environmental Division Jurisdiction -- 2.3.1 Vermont State Environmental Enforcement Jurisdiction -- 2.3.2 State Environmental and Land Use Permits: Judicial Review/Merits Appeals Jurisdiction -- 2.3.3 Municipal Land Use Permits: Appeals and Enforcement Jurisdiction -- 2.4 Practices and Procedures in the Vermont Superior Court Environmental Division -- 3 Hawai'i's Experience with an Environmental Court Since Its Founding in 2015 -- 3.1 The U.S. State of Hawai'i -- 3.2 Hawai'i's Judiciary and a Brief History of Its Environmental Court -- 3.3 Hawai'i Environmental Court Jurisdiction -- 3.3.1 Hawai'i State Environmental Enforcement Jurisdiction -- 3.3.2 Hawai'i State Environmental Permits and Environmental Impact Statements: Judicial Review Jurisdiction -- 4 Reflections from the Experience of Vermont's and Hawaii's Environmental Courts. ; 4.1 The Impartiality and Integrity of Judges -- 4.2 Judges' Authority to Ask Questions of Witnesses and to Appoint a Witness -- 4.3 Judicial Education and Accumulation of Experience -- 4.4 Transparency of Judicial Reasoning and Publication of Decisions -- 5 Conclusion and Topics for Future Research -- References -- Protection of the Environment and the Court of Justice of the European Union -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Legislative Framework in the Field of Air Protection -- 2.1 Air Pollution, a Global and European Challenge -- 2.2 The Ambient Air Quality Directive -- 3 Air Protection in the Case-Law of the Court of Justice -- 3.1 Infringement Procedures -- 3.2 Infringement Procedures: Penalties? -- 3.3 Preliminary References -- 3.3.1 Sdruzhenie "Za Zemjata - dostap do pravosadie" -- 3.3.2 Deutsche Umwelthilfe -- 3.3.3 Ministre de la Transition écologique and Premier ministre -- 4 Limits of the EU Competences and Role of National Courts -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- I. Judgments of the CJEU -- II. Opinions of Advocate General -- III. Judgments of National Courts -- IV. On-line Sources -- Anchoring the Right to a Healthy Environment in the European Convention on Human Rights: What Concretized Normative Consequences Can Be Anticipated for the Strasbourg Court? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Right's Content -- 3 Concretized Normative Consequences -- 3.1 Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Member States -- 3.2 The Court's Subject-Matter Jurisdiction -- 3.2.1 Environment as Sui Generis Subject-Matter of Human Rights Protection -- 3.2.2 Animals as Subject-Matter of Human Rights Protection -- 3.2.3 Minimum Severity Threshold -- 3.2.4 Relationship Between the Autonomous Right to a Healthy Environment and Other Rights -- 3.2.5 Substantive and Procedural Limbs of the Right to a Healthy Environment -- 3.3 The Court's Personal Jurisdiction. ; 3.3.1 The Status of "Future Generations" -- 3.3.2 Actio Popularis -- 3.3.3 Legal Standing of Natural Persons -- 3.3.4 Legal Standing of NGOs -- 3.3.5 Status of Potential Victim -- 3.3.6 Loss of Victim Status -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Environmental Law in the Courts of Europe: A Rough Sketch -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Different Environmental Conditions, Pressures and Awareness -- 3 Variety in Legal and Judicial Systems -- 4 Environmental Law and the Various Types of Courts -- 5 Specialized Environment Courts and Tribunals -- 6 The Aarhus Convention -- 7 The European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights -- 8 The EU and the Court of Justice of the EU -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- How German Judges Decide Environmental Cases Under Public Law -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 German History -- 2.2 Constitutionalisation -- 2.3 Europeanisation -- 2.4 Internationalisation -- 2.5 Interpretation -- 2.6 Court System -- 2.7 Style -- 2.8 Role of the Judge -- 3 Cases, Controversies and Concepts -- 3.1 Climate Decision -- 3.1.1 Introduction -- 3.1.2 The Leitmotiv -- 3.1.3 Article 20a of the Basic Law -- 3.1.4 Groundbraking: New Fundamental Rights for Young People! -- 3.1.5 Summary of the Court's Findings -- 3.1.6 Groundbraking, but also Convincing? -- 3.2 Environmental Impact Assessment and Access to Justice -- 3.2.1 Introduction -- 3.2.2 History of the EIA -- 3.2.3 Definition -- 3.2.4 Access to Justice -- 3.2.5 Traditions of Administrative Justice -- 3.2.6 Public Interest Litigation (Trianel) -- 3.3 Air Quality -- 3.3.1 The Janecek Case -- 3.3.2 Air Quality Plans -- 3.4 Dieselgate and the 'Rights' of NGOs -- 3.4.1 Facts of the Case -- 3.4.2 Legal Proceedings -- 3.4.3 The Judgment of the CJEU from November 2022 -- 3.4.4 Guidance and an Open Question -- 3.4.5 Rights-Based Standing in Germany. ; 3.4.6 Adjustment of the Traditional Concept of 'Right'? -- 3.4.7 Papinian's Definition -- 3.4.8 Windscheid's Claim -- 3.4.9 Jellinek's System -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- The Court of Justice and Protected Areas in the European Union -- 1 Background -- 2 Taking Conservation Seriously -- 3 Oversight of National Action -- 4 Precautionary Approach -- 5 Sequential Approach -- 6 The "Life-Cycle" of Sites -- 7 Interim Measures -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Environmental Protection Before Italian Administrative Courts -- 1 Introduction: A Sketch of Multilevel Environmental Protection in the Italian Criminal and Civil Law -- 2 Italian Environmental Law and the Role of Constitutional Court -- 3 The Environment Before Administrative Law Courts -- 3.1 Council of State, Plenary Assembly No. 10, 2019 -- 3.2 Protection of "diffuse and collective interests" -- 3.3 Remediation Obligations of the Bankruptcy Trustee -- 4 Remediation Obligations of the Owner/Manager of the Polluted Site -- 5 The Jurisdiction -- 6 "Silent Consent" Between Public Administration and Private Actors -- 7 "Silent Consent" Between Public Administrations -- 8 The Review of Environmental Assessments -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Biodiversity Law Before the Courts -- 1 Introduction. Going at the Heart of the Biodiversity Threat: Biodiversity Loss -- 2 Definition of Biodiversity -- 3 The International Convention on Biological Diversity -- 3.1 The Conference of the Parties: Kuming's Agreement-Montreal -- 4 Exploring Litigation: Lawsuits' Qualification Related to the Protection of Biodiversity and the Asymmetry on Standing's Requirements -- 5 Litigation in Brazil, Colombia, Australia, Philippines, EU, Belgium and Finland Between Ecocentric and Anthropocentric Approach -- 5.1 Brazil: Landowners' Lialibity for Using Illegally Deforested Land. ; 5.2 Colombia: The Atrato Ruling and the Deforestation in the Amazon Violations of Fundamental Rights.
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental Law Before the Courts
• ISBN: 3-031-41527-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910755076903321
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