Environmental Law and Justice in Context

Jonas Ebbesson is Director of the Stockholm Environmental Law and Policy Centre, Stockholm University. Phoebe Okowa is a Reader in Public International Law at Queen Mary, University of London.

• Introduction: dimensions of justice in environmental law Jonas Ebbesson; Part I. The Notion of Justice in International Law: 2. The second cycle of ecological urgency: an environmental justice perspective Richard Falk; 3. Describing the elephant: international justice and environmental law Dinah Shelton; 4. Law, justice and rights: some implications of a global perspective William Twining; 5. Gender and environmental law and justice?: thoughts on sustainable masculinities Hanne Petersen; Part II. Public Participation and Access to the Judiciary: 6. Participatory rights in natural resource management: the role of communities in south Asia Jona Razzaque; 7. Public participation and the challenges of environmental justice in China Qun Du; 8. Environmental justice through courts in countries in economic transition Stephen Stec; 9. Environmental justice through environmental courts?: lessons learned from the Swedish experience Jan Darpö; 10. Environmental justice in the European Court of Justice Ludwig Krämer; 11. Environmental justice through international complaints procedures?: comparing the Aarhus Convention and the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation Malgosia Fitzmaurice; Part III. State Sovereignty and State Borders: 12. Environmental justice in situations of armed conflict Phoebe Okowa; 13. Sovereignty and environmental justice in international law André Nollkaemper; 14. Piercing the state veil in the pursuit of environmental justice Jonas Ebbesson; Part IV. North-South Concerns in Global Contexts: 15. Competing narratives of justice in north-south environmental relations: the case of ozone layer depletion Karin Mickelson; 16. Climate change, global environmental justice and international environmental law Jutta Brunée; 17. Justice in global environmental negotiations: the case of desertification Bo Kjellén; Part V. Access to Natural Resources: 18. Distributive justice and procedural fairness in global water law Ellen Hey; 19. Environmental justice in the use, knowledge and exploitation of genetic resources Philippe Cullet; 20. Law, gender and environmental resources: women's access to environmental justice in east Africa Patricia Kameri-Mbote; Part VI. Corporate Activities and Trade: 21. The polluter pays principle: dilemmas of justice in national and international contexts Hans Christian Bugge; 22. Corporate activities and environmental justice: perspectives on Sierra Leone's mining Priscilla Schwartz; 23. Environmental justice and international trade law Nicolas de Sadeleer.