Climate Litigation
Now What? The Aftermath of the Urgenda Case
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Ellysia van der Werf
Strategic Climate Litigation’s Direct and Indirect Consequences for Democracies
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The Urgenda Case is Separation of Powers at Work
December 2021. Written by Christina Eckes. Abstract Leonard Besselink repeatedly took up the defence of separation of powers in light of the growing powers of the judiciary, resulting principally from two developments: First, international legal instruments increasingly play a role…
Tackling the Climate Crisis with Counter-majoritarian Instruments: Judges Between Political Paralysis, Science, and International Law
European Papers, vol.6, issue 3, 2021 Written by Christina Eckes Abstract The climate crisis is – as far as we can see in 2021 – the greatest challenge of the 21st century. The existence of global warming as a human-made…