Roda Verheyen – författare

This open access book aims to elaborate on the legal prerequisites to establish the liability of corporations for transboundary environmental harm, not only by identifying existing liability rules, principles and standards but also by analysing their potential for further legal development. The authors consider international and transboundary liability law to currently be an underutilised tool for international environmental protection. The book seeks to address this by exploring what is needed in terms of legislative action and identifying options for judicial pliability, thereby providing an important legal contribution in furthering the development of an effective international and transnational environmental liability law regime.

This open access book aims to elaborate on the legal prerequisites to establish the liability of corporations for transboundary environmental harm, not only by identifying existing liability rules, principles and standards but also by analysing their potential for further legal development. The authors consider international and transboundary liability law to currently be an underutilised tool for international environmental protection. The book seeks to address this by exploring what is needed in terms of legislative action and identifying options for judicial pliability, thereby providing an important legal contribution in furthering the development of an effective international and transnational environmental liability law regime.

Klimaschutz ist MenschenrechtDürre, Eisschmelze, Überflutungen zerstören den Lebensraum und die Existenzgrundlage vieler Menschen. Doch Regierungen oder Konzerne zeigen sich oft träge bis ignorant, wenn sie Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz ergreifen sollen. Was kann da der Einzelne, das Klimaopfer, tun?Die Rechtsanwältin Roda Verheyen sagt entschlossen: das bestehende Recht und die Gerichte nutzen. Wir alle sind bedroht und können mit Klimaklagen Verantwortliche zur Rechenschaft ziehen. Anhand eigener Erfahrungen und wichtiger internationaler Prozessfälle zeigt sie, dass die Judikative – in Sachen Klimaschutz eine oft unterschätzte Gewalt – Machtlosen Recht verschaffen kann. Schließlich geht es um das Recht des Menschen auf ein Leben in Würde, jetzt und in Zukunft.

In Climate Change and Environmental Hazards Related to Shipping Hans-Joachim Koch, Doris König, Joachim Sanden and Roda Verheyen provide an edited overview on the recent discussions regarding legal questions of tackling climate change, and the legal instruments related to environmental problems caused by international shipping. An esteemed international group of authors make important contributions to the legal challenges in international, European and domestic law. Focal points are multilateral environmental agreements and the law of the sea as well as the potential contributions by municipalities. This important new collection, based on the research findings of the Hamburg International Environmental Law Conference 2011, are of particular relevance for lawyers and scholars interested in the recent legal discussions on climate change law and environmental Law of the Sea.