International judicial practice on the environment : questions of legitimacy

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International judicial practice on the environment : questions of legitimacy

Title remainder

questions of legitimacy

Statement of responsibility

edited by Christina Voigt

Contributor

• Voigt, Christina, 1971-

Editor

• Voigt, Christina, 1971-

Subject

• Political questions and judicial power
• Environmental law, International -- Cases
• International courts
• Environmental law -- European Union countries -- Cases

Language

eng

Summary

More and more environmental cases are being heard and decided by international courts and tribunals which lack special environmental competence. This situation raises fundamental questions of legitimacy of the environmental practice of international courts. This book addresses inter alia questions of who has legal standing to bring an environmental claim before an international court, on which legal norms is the case decided and whether judges have the necessary expertise to adjudicate environmental cases of often complex nature. It analyses which challenges international courts face, which possibilities they have and which advances international judicial practice has been able to make in protecting the environment. Through the prism of legitimacy important insights emerge as to whether international courts and tribunals are fit for addressing some of the most pressing global challenges of our time.--

Member of

• Studies on international courts and tribunals

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Provided by publisher

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• Studies on international courts and tribunals
• Cambridge books online