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The rise of the ecocentric right to a healthy environment before human rights courts in Africa and Latin America

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines jurisprudence from key African and Latin American human rights bodies regarding the right to a healthy environment, with a focus on recent jurisprudence (2023–2025). It identifies a growing trend of an ecocentric interpretation of the right, which acknowledges that the environment and the life forms within it hold ...
Sonja Kahl
wiley   +1 more source

Life cycle thinking in plastics design

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract This article aims to contribute to the ongoing scholarly reflection on the intersection between law and (plastics) production. It builds on the importance of ‘design’ for a more sustainable plastics economy by examining the role of law in bringing life cycle considerations into the design phase.
Laurel Besco, Eva R. van der Marel
wiley   +1 more source

Litigation by young people to hold governments to account for climate damage. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Paediatr Open
Rink P   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Common and civil law approaches to tort‐based corporate climate litigation: A comparative case law review

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract As corporate climate litigation intensifies globally, litigants consistently encounter the same procedural and substantive hurdles: duty of care, standing and causation. Success in navigating these hurdles has been sporadic, and most existing inquiry has sought to understand these trends according to geographical or case‐type lenses.
Calum MacLaren
wiley   +1 more source

Rights of Nature in the EU: A thought experiment to improve access to justice

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract Against the backdrop of the growing need for legal innovation in environmental protection, this article explores the interplay between Rights of Nature (RoN)—a legal theory asserting that the inherent moral value of nature must be protected legally by granting rights and legal personality to nature itself—and the EU constitutional right of ...
Emma Sanvito, Mariolina Eliantonio
wiley   +1 more source

Powers and Practices in Labor Standards Enforcement

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wage theft remains a pervasive problem internationally and within the United States. In response, worker advocates have sought stronger laws to deter violations and promote compliance. Yet formal authority alone may be insufficient; labor departments often fail to use the full extent of their legal authority to conduct vigorous enforcement ...
Daniel J. Galvin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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