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Book SynopsisThe global phenomenon of the establishment of specialist courts is one of the most important recent developments in environmental law. Although they are generally seen as a much needed innovation, they do pose challenges, particularly around questions of legitimacy. This important book tackles these questions directly, looking specifically at the courts in the common law world. It argues that to fully understand the nature of the adjudication of these courts, a bottom-up approach must be taken: ie the question before the court is determinative. Despite its theoretical focus, the book will also provide invaluable insights to practitioners engaging with these new courts for the first time. An innovative study on a seismic change in how environmental law is adjudicated.
Trade ReviewThe book is well written, dense with ideas and filled with detail … it will repay reading many times over. -- David Kirkpatrick, Chief Environment Court Judge * Resource Management Journal *
This book is an excellent and stimulating way to prompt thinking about a big subject that will be very much a live issue in the coming years. -- Colin T Reid, University of Dundee * Scottish Planning and Environmental Law *
Warnock’s work makes an important and convincing contribution to our understanding of environmental adjudication. It significantly advances the scholarship and adds an enormous amount to the richness of our thinking about environmental courts. -- Emma Lees * Journal Of Environmental Law *
Table of Contents1. Introduction I. The Rise in Specialist Environmental Adjudication II. An Interactional Theory for Environmental Adjudication III. The Method of Developing a Theory for Environmental Adjudication IV. Certain Caveats 2. Specialist Environment Courts: Mapping the Landscape I. Specialist Environment Courts: A Typology II. Specialist Environment Courts as Dynamic Adjudicatory Forms III. Introducing the Case Studies: The Environment Court of New Zealand and the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales IV. Underlying Tensions 3. The Struggle to Make Legal Sense of Specialist Environment Courts I. Normative Legitimacy and Analytical Frames II. The ‘Administrative Justice-Adjudicative Pluralism’ Frame III. The ‘Generic Instrumentalism’ Frame IV. The ‘Separation of Powers’ Frame V. Developing a Frame that We Can Agree On? 4. Developing the Theory: Adjudicative Integrity I. The Malleability of Adjudication II. Normative Justifiability and Adjudicative Integrity 5. Developing the Theory: Contextual Foundations I. The Inherent Features of Environmental Problems II. Interaction and Change III. Uncertainty IV. Drawing the Threads Together 6. The Interactional Theory in Practice I. Acknowledging the Challenges in Environmental Adjudication II. Responding to Uncertainty III. Responding to the Collective Action Nature of Environmental Problems IV. Testing the Theory 7. Conclusion I. Findings II. Developing the Theory III. Filling in the Frame IV. Employing the Theory V. Future Directions VI. Conclusion
