Informationen zum Autor Gregory Jones KC is a leading public and environmental law barrister, practising from Francis Taylor Building, Temple, UK. Áine Ryall is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University College Cork, Ireland. Klappentext Kofi Annan concluded the Aarhus Convention was 'the most ambitious venture in environmental democracy undertaken under the auspices of the United Nations'. 21 years since its adoption, this edited collection reflects on the Convention's impact across a number of key themes. It explores the Convention's role in the legal and political order; its jurisdictional impact; the role of the Compliance Committee; Aarhus and the European Union; Aarhus and Brexit. It also looks at the Convention's national impact, charting its application in practice in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland. It addresses procedural issues such as standing, costs and remedies. Addressing questions of origins and scope to policy and practice, all environmental lawyers will find this collection invaluable. Vorwort Ambitious assessment of the Aarhus Convention, charting its impact on scholarship and practice in the 21 years since its adoption Zusammenfassung Kofi Annan concluded the Aarhus Convention was 'the most ambitious venture in environmental democracy undertaken under the auspices of the United Nations'. 21 years since its adoption, this edited collection reflects on the Convention's impact across a number of key themes. It explores the Convention's role in the legal and political order; its jurisdictional impact; the role of the Compliance Committee; Aarhus and the European Union; Aarhus and Brexit. It also looks at the Convention's national impact, charting its application in practice in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland. It addresses procedural issues such as standing, costs and remedies. Addressing questions of origins and scope to policy and practice, all environmental lawyers will find this collection invaluable. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The Aarhus Convention: Overarching Themes Gregory Jones KC and Áine Ryall 2. International Law Origins and Scope of the Aarhus Convention Gregory Jones KC and Charles Streeten PART II: THE AARHUS CONVENTION AND THE COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE 3. The Effective Use of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee Fiona Marshall 4. Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee: A Practitioner's Perspective David Hart KC PART III: THE AARHUS CONVENTION'S ROLE IN THE LEGAL AND POLITICAL ORDER 5. The Aarhus Convention: Advancing the Frontier of Human Rights and the Environment Áine Ryall 6. Environmental Democracy and Aarhus Emily Barritt 7. Seeking Environmental Information: Rule of Law and Private Interest Emma Lees PART IV: THE JURISDICTIONAL IMPACT OF THE AARHUS CONVENTION 8. The Reception of the Aarhus Convention into the Domestic Law of Contacting States Gregory Jones KC, Alex Greaves and Daisy Noble 9. A Tale of Two Cities: Almaty, Escazú and the International Impacts of the Aarhus Convention Richard Caddell 10. Aarhus and the EU: Access to Justice Peter Oliver 11. Aarhus and Brexit Colin Reid PART V: THE APPLICATION OF THE AARHUS CONVENTION 12. Applying Aarhus: Rules, Guidance and Compliance Committee Findings Richard Honey and Merrow Golden 13. Access to Environmental Information Gregory Jones KC and Horatio Waller 14. Limitation Periods and Standing David Graham 15. Aarhus Costs from an English Perspective Simon Ricketts, Ricardo Gama and Conor Fegan 16. Interlocutory and Final Remedies Ned Westaway and Sarah Sackman PART VI: THE AARHUS CONVENTION IN NEIGHBOURING COMMON LAW JURISDICTIONS 17. Aarhus in Scotland: Costs: Rationing Access to Justice? Ben Christman 18...

Vorwort
Ambitious assessment of the Aarhus Convention, charting its impact on scholarship and practice in the 21 years since its adoption

Autorentext

Gregory Jones KC is a leading public and environmental law barrister, practising from Francis Taylor Building, Temple, UK.
Áine Ryall is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University College Cork, Ireland.

Klappentext

Kofi Annan concluded the Aarhus Convention was 'the most ambitious venture in environmental democracy undertaken under the auspices of the United Nations'.

21 years since its adoption, this edited collection reflects on the Convention's impact across a number of key themes. It explores the Convention's role in the legal and political order; its jurisdictional impact; the role of the Compliance Committee; Aarhus and the European Union; Aarhus and Brexit. It also looks at the Convention's national impact, charting its application in practice in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland. It addresses procedural issues such as standing, costs and remedies. Addressing questions of origins and scope to policy and practice, all environmental lawyers will find this collection invaluable.

Inhalt

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1. The Aarhus Convention: Overarching Themes
   Gregory Jones KC and Áine Ryall
2. International Law Origins and Scope of the Aarhus Convention
   Gregory Jones KC and Charles Streeten
   PART II: THE AARHUS CONVENTION AND THE COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE
3. The Effective Use of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee
   Fiona Marshall
4. Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee: A Practitioner's Perspective
   David Hart KC
   PART III: THE AARHUS CONVENTION'S ROLE IN THE LEGAL AND POLITICAL ORDER
5. The Aarhus Convention: Advancing the Frontier of Human Rights and the Environment
   Áine Ryall
6. Environmental Democracy and Aarhus
   Emily Barritt
7. Seeking Environmental Information: Rule of Law and Private Interest
   Emma Lees
   PART IV: THE JURISDICTIONAL IMPACT OF THE AARHUS CONVENTION
8. The Reception of the Aarhus Convention into the Domestic Law of Contacting States
   Gregory Jones KC, Alex Greaves and Daisy Noble
9. A Tale of Two Cities: Almaty, Escazú and the International Impacts of the Aarhus Convention
   Richard Caddell
10. Aarhus and the EU: Access to Justice
    Peter Oliver
11. Aarhus and Brexit
    Colin Reid
    PART V: THE APPLICATION OF THE AARHUS CONVENTION
12. Applying Aarhus: Rules, Guidance and Compliance Committee Findings
    Richard Honey and Merrow Golden
13. Access to Environmental Information
    Gregory Jones KC and Horatio Waller
14. Limitation Periods and Standing
    David Graham
15. Aarhus Costs from an English Perspective
    Simon Ricketts, Ricardo Gama and Conor Fegan
16. Interlocutory and Final Remedies
    Ned Westaway and Sarah Sackman
    PART VI: THE AARHUS CONVENTION IN NEIGHBOURING COMMON LAW JURISDICTIONS
17. Aarhus in Scotland: Costs: Rationing Access to Justice?
    Ben Christman
18. Aarhus in Northern Ireland
    Gregory Jones KC and Simon Turbitt BL
19. Aarhus in Ireland
    Tom Flynn BL
    Part VII: CONCLUSIONS
20. The Aarhus Convention: Coming of Age?
    Gregory Jones KC and Áine Ryall