Climate Change Litigation in the Asia Pacific

ISBN-13: 9781108478465 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 500 str.

Jolene Lin; Doug Kysar

Opis

Comprehensively examines the role that litigation can play in galvanizing climate action in the Asia Pacific Region.

Spis treści

Introduction Daniel Hornung, Douglas A. Kysar and Jolene Lin; Part I. Theoretical Underpinnings and Implications of Climate Change Litigation: 1. Uncommon law: judging in the Anthropocene Joshua Ulan Galperin and Douglas A. Kysar; 2. Networked public interest litigation: a novel framework for climate claims? Ketan Jha; Part II. International Law and International Adjudication: 3. Using human rights law to address the impacts of climate change: early reflections on the carbon majors inquiry Annalisa Savaresi and Jacques Hartmann; 4. Litigating human rights violations related to the adverse effects of climate change in Pacific islands Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh; 5. The potential for UNCLOS climate change litigation to achieve effective mitigation outcomes Millicent McCreath; 6. Investor-state dispute settlement in renewable energy: friend or foe to climate change? Hui Pang; Part III. Domestic Law and Domestic Adjudication: 7. 'Next generation' climate change litigation in Australia Jacqueline Peel, Hari M. Osofsky and Anita Foerster; 8. Climate change litigation: a possibility for Malaysia? Maizatun Mustafa; 9. A tale of climate justice: the Indonesian case – hope or not? Andri G. Wibisana and Conrado M. Cornelius; 10. From Shehla Zia to Asghar Leghari: pronouncing unwritten rights is more complex than a celebratory tale Waqqas Ahmad Mir; 11. Climate change adaptation litigation: a view from Southeast Asia Jacqueline Peel and Jolene Lin; Part IV. China, Courts and Climate Change: 12. Climate change litigation: a promising way to climate justice in China? Jiangfeng Li; 13. The subordinate and passive position of Chinese courts in environmental governance Zhu Yan; 14. Tort-based public interest litigation on air pollution in China: a promising pathway for Chinese climate change litigation? Yue Zhao, Wei Liu and Shuang Lyu; Index.