Making law matter : environmental protection and legal institutions in Brazil

著者

    • McAllister, Lesley K. (Lesley Krista)

書誌事項

Making law matter : environmental protection and legal institutions in Brazil

Lesley K. McAllister

Stanford Law Books an imprint of Stanford University Press, c2008

  • : cloth

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注記

Includes bibliographical references ( p. 237-255) and index

収録内容

  • Environmental protection and the rule of law
  • Strong laws, weak agencies
  • Becoming environmental prosecutors
  • Confronting impunity
  • Making agencies accountable
  • Making justice accessible
  • Effective enforcement : Brazil and beyond

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Although many developing countries have environmental statutes, regulations, and resolutions on the books, these laws are rarely enforced and often ignored. Making Law Matter presents the first book-length treatment of an innovative prosecutorial institution, the Brazilian Ministrio Publico, which refashioned itself in the 1980s into a powerful defender of citizen rights in environmental protection, as well as in other areas of public interest such as disability rights, consumer protection, and anticorruption. In Brazil, the offices of prosecutors and courts have become an important forum for resolving environmental conflicts, making environmental law more effective than in the past. Court involvement communicates the end of impunity for violators. It increases the accountability of governmental agencies and provides legal access for citizen complaints. In short, it enhances environmental rule of law. As developing countries continue to seek to reform their legal systems to strengthen democracy and the rule of law, the Brazilian Ministrio Publico must be recognized as a very promising model.

目次

@fmct:Contents @toc4:Illustrations and Tables xxx Preface xxx Abbreviations xxx @toc2:1 Environmental Protection and the Rule of Law 1 2 Strong Laws, Weak Agencies 000 3 Becoming Environmental Prosecutors 000 4 Confronting Impunity 000 5 Making Agencies Accountable 000 6 Making Justice Accessible 000 7 Effective Enforcement: Brazil and Beyond 000 @toc4:Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000

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