Climate change litigation in the Asia Pacific /: edited by Jolene Lin, National University of Singapore, Doug A. Kysar, Yale University, Connecticut.

Name: Climate change litigation in the Asia Pacific / edited by Jolene Lin, National University of Singapore, Doug A. Kysar, Yale University, Connecticut.
ISBN: 9781108777810

Lin, Jolene,; Kysar, Douglas A.,

Climate change litigation in the Asia Pacific / edited by Jolene Lin, National University of Singapore, Doug A. Kysar, Yale University, Connecticut.

Lin, Jolene, editor.; Kysar, Douglas A., editor.

2020

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Climate change litigation in the Asia Pacific / edited by Jolene Lin, National University of Singapore, Doug A. Kysar, Yale University, Connecticut.

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Lin, Jolene, editor.
Kysar, Douglas A., editor.

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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

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1 online resource (xvi, 427 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

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Foreword / The Honourable Mr. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah
Introduction / Daniel Hornung, Douglas A. Kysar, and Jolene Lin
Uncommon Law : Judging in the Anthropocene / Joshua Ulan Galperin and Douglas A. Kysar
Networked Public Interest Litigation : A Novel Framework for Climate Claims? / Ketan Jha
Using Human Rights Law to Address the Impacts of Climate Change : Early Reflections on the Carbon Majors Inquiry / Annalisa Savaresi and Jacques Hartmann
Litigating Human Rights Violations Related to the Adverse Effects of Climate Change in Pacific Islands / Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh
The Potential for UNCLOS Climate Change Litigation to Achieve Effective Mitigation Outcomes / Millicent McCreath
Investor-State Dispute Settlement in Renewable Energy : Friend or Foe to Climate Change? / Hui Pang
'Next Generation' Climate Change Litigation in Australia / Jacqueline Peel, Hari M. Osofsky and Anita Foerster
Climate Change Litigation : A Possibility for Malaysia? / Maizatun Mustafa
A Tale of Climate Justice : The Indonesian Case, Hope or Not? / Andri G. Wibisana and Conrado M. Cornelius
From Shehla Zia till Asghar Leghari : Pronouncing Unwritten Rights is More Complex than a Celebratory Tale / Waqqas Ahmad Mir
Climate Change Adaptation Litigation : A View from Southeast Asia / Jacqueline Peel and Jolene Lin
Climate Change Litigation : A Promising Pathway to Climate Justice in China? / Jiangfeng Li
The Subordinate and Passive Position of Chinese Courts in Environmental Governance / Zhu Yan
Tort
based Public Interest Litigation on Air Pollution in China : A Promising Pathway for based Public Interest Litigation Chinese Climate Change Litigation? / Wei Liu and Shuang Lyu

Summary

This is the first scholarly examination of climate change litigation in the Asia Pacific region. Bringing legal academics and lawyers from the Global South and Global North together, this book provides rich insights into how litigation can galvanize climate action in countries including Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia and China. Written in clear and accessible language, the fourteen chapters in this book shed light on the important question of how litigation may unfold as a potential regulatory pathway towards decarbonization in the world's most populous region.

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