International Environmental Law Reports: Volume 4 (International Environmental Law Reports, Series Number 4)

Cambridge University Press
Edition: Revised ed., 1/17/2005
EAN 9780521659659, ISBN10: 0521659655

Paperback, 640 pages, 22.6 x 15 x 3.8 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

The fourth volume of the International Environmental Law Reports collects together approximately fifty decisions of national courts from twenty-six countries, all broadly related to international environmental law. The cases cover a range of environmental issues, from protected species and habitats to activities that impact on the environment - including mining, the construction of dams and waste disposal. The collection evidences different approaches to the relationship between domestic and international legal systems, and highlights many substantive and procedural environmental laws that are enjoying increasing recognition around the world. With around half of the cases having been translated into English from as many as twelve other languages, the volume provides valuable comparative insight into national legal perspectives on international environmental law.

Preface
Table of cases reported
Digest
Table of treaties
Argentina
Provincia de la Pampa v. Provincia de Mendoza (1987)
Australia
Commonwealth of Australia v. State of Tasmania (1983)
Leatch v. National Parks and Wildlife Service & Shoalhaven City Council (1993)
Canada
R. v. Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd. (1988)
Friends of the Oldman River Society v. Canada (Minister of Transport) (1992)
Daishowa Inc. v. Friends of the Lubicon (1998)
114957 Canada Ltée (Spraytech, Société d'Arrosage) & Services des Espaces
Verts Ltée/Chemlawn v. Town of Hudson (2001)
Chile
Palza Corvacho v. Director of Irrigation of the First Region (1985)
Pedro Flores v. Codelco, División Salvador (1988)
Colombia
Fundepúblico v. Mayor of Bugalagrande (1992)
Fundepúblico v. Tradenet de Colombia SA (1994)
Jaime Córdoba Trivio (Representing the U'wa Indigenous Peoples) v. Ministry of Environment & Sociedad Occidental de Colombia Inc. (1997)
Costa Rica
Chacón v. Ministry of Health & Municipality of Santa Ana (1993)
Caribbean Conservation Corporation v. Costa Rica (1999)
Vásquez v. Ministry of Environment and Energy (Oil Exploration
in the Caribbean Case) (2000)
Finland
Protected Bird Eggs Case (1989)
France
Rhine 'Salt War' Cases
NV PWN v. State Minister of the Environment (1983)
Les Mines de Potasse d'Alsace v. Province of Northern Holland (1986)
Province of Northern Holland v. The State (1989)
NV PWN v. Minister of Planning and Environment (2000)
Germany
Lingen Nuclear Power Plant Case (1986)
Greece
Hellenic Ornithological Society v. Minister of National Economy and Tourism
('Acheloos River Case') (1994)
Hellenic Society for the Protection of Environment and Cultural Heritage v. Minister for the Environment, Land-Use Planning and Public Works
('Tinos Case') (1995)
Hungary
Protected Areas Case (No. 28 of 1994) (1994)
India
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (1987)
Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action v. Union of India (1996)
Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. Union of India (1996)
M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath (1996)
Italy
Ministry of Internal Affairs v. Patmos Shipping Corporation (1989)
Japan
Kayano v. Hokkaido Expropriation Committee (1997)
Malaysia
Kajing Tubek v. Ekran Bhd. (1996)
Nepal
Surya Prasad Sharma Dhungel on Behalf of Leaders Inc. Pvt. Ltd. v.
Godavari Marble Industries, Pvt. Ltd. (1994)
Gopal Siwakoti v. Ministry of Finance (1994)
Netherlands
Rhine 'Salt War' Cases
Mines de Potasse d'Alsace SA v. Onroed Goed Maatschappij Bier B.V. (1983, 1986, 1988)
Sondermüllbeseitigung Franz Seifermann Gmbh te Rheinau (Brd) v. Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (1989)
G.P.J. Zwiers v. Gedeputeerde Staten van Gelderland (1993)
Norway
Ellingsen & Bendiksen v. Fisheries Department in the name of the State (1997)
Pakistan
Zia v. Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (1994)
Philippines
Juan Antonio Oposa v. Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (1993)
Laguna Lake Development Authority v. Court of Appeals, Caloocan City (1994)
South Africa
Van Huyssteen v. Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (1995)
Director, Mineral Development, Gauteng Region v. Save The Vaal
Environment (1999)
Sri Lanka
Bulankulama v. Ministry of Industrial Development (2000)
Tanzania
Joseph D Kessy v. City Council of Dar es Salaam (1991)
Turkey
Senih Özay v. Ministry of the Environment, Ankara (1997)
United Kingdom
R. v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ex parte World Development Movement Ltd. (1994)
R. v. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, ex p. Greenpeace Ltd (1999)
R. (on the Application of Amvac Chemical UK Ltd.) v. Secretary of State
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2001)
United States of America
State of Missouri v. Holland (1920)
Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill (1978)
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc

'The significance of this collection is to highlight that there are very real connections between national and international environmental law, if one is only prepared to look for them. With often substantial excerpts from approximately 50 decisions of national countries from no fewer than 26 countries, this really is a goldmine of information.' Environmental Liability