Litigating the Climate Emergency
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date:
- 10 November 2022
- 03 November 2022
- ISBN:
- 9781009106214
- 9781009098779
- 9781009102155
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This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.
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- 0.76kg, 432 Pages
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- (229 x 152 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.63kg, 432 Pages
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As the climate emergency intensifies, rights-based climate cases – litigation that is based on human rights law – are becoming an increasingly important tool for securing more ambitious climate action. This book is the first to offer a systematic analysis of the universe of these cases known as human rights and climate change (HRCC) cases. By combining theory, empirical documentation, and strategic debate among preeminent scholars and practitioners from around the world, the book captures the roots, legal innovations, empirical richness, impact, and challenges of this dynamic field of sociolegal practice. It looks specifically at the sociolegal origins and trajectory of HRCC cases, the legal innovations of this type of litigation, and the strategies and impacts of these cases. In doing so, this book equips litigators, researchers, practitioners, students, and concerned citizens with an understanding of an important method of holding governments and corporations accountable for climate harms. This book is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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‘… a successful anthology that complements the existing literature on climate litigation research, particularly due to its chapters on legal sociology, the numerous perspectives from and for practitioners, and the explicit inclusion of and reflection on climate litigation in the Global South. … these previously unknown and innovative perspectives on the phenomenon of climate litigation are a great asset for a hopefully broad readership from academia, practice, and society.’
Michael Kalis Source: Heidelberg Journal of International Law
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Litigating the Climate Emergency
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Globalization and Human Rights - Series page
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Introduction
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Part I - The Rights Turn in Climate Litigation
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Part II - Legal Strategy in Rights-Based Climate Litigation
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3 - Thinking Strategically about Climate Litigation
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4 - The Quest for Butterfly Climate Adjudication
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5 - Climate Litigation through an Equality Lens
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6 - Two Reputed Allies
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9 - The Farmer or the Hero Litigator?
pp 187-205 - Modes of Climate Litigation in the Global South
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10 - The Impacts of High-Profile Litigation against Major Fossil Fuel Companies
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Part III - Beyond the Law
pp 221-302 - Science and Narratives in Rights-Based Climate Litigation
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12 - The Evolution of Corporate Accountability for Climate Change
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13 - Providing Evidence to Support Strategic Climate Enforcement and Litigation
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14 - The Case for Climate Visuals in the Courtroom
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15 - The Story of Our Lives
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Part IV - The Climate Emergency on Trial
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17 - Closing the Supply-Side Accountability Gap through Climate Litigation
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