About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

3 J. Ct. Innovation 79 (2010)
On the Quest for Green Courts in India

handle is hein.journals/jrlci3 and id is 91 raw text is: ON THE QUEST FOR GREEN COURTS IN INDIA Bharat H. Desai* and Balraf Sidhu** Introduction The diagnosis of environmental problems at the historic first U.N. Conference on the Human Environment (UNCHR) in 1992, otherwise known as the Earth Summit, unleashed a spate of administrative and legislative measures in both developed and developing countries. The environmental renaissance, which saw the development of global conferencing technique at Stockholm (1972),1 Rio de Janeiro (1992),2 and Johannesburg (2002)3, has brought about worldwide phenomenal growth in environmental awareness, policies, legislation and institutions. The importance of this development lies in the fact that enforce- ment of global regulatory measures has to take place at the national level. As the volume of environmental law, including both hard law and soft law grows, the question of adjudication of disputes gains prominence.4 *Bharat Desai is Chairman, Centre for International Legal Studies (CILS) and Jawaharlal Nehru Chair in International Environmental Law, School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. **Balraj Sidhu is a Doctoral Scholar, CILS, SIS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 1. Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, Swed., June 5-16, 1972, Report of the UN Conference on the Human Environment, 1-68, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.48/14/Rev.1. 2. Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, Braz., June 3-14, 1992, Report of the UN Conference on Environment and Development, vol. I-II, UN Doc. A/CONF.151/26, 3. World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 26 - Sept. 4, 2002, Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, pp.1- 173, A/CONF.199/20. 4. Bharat H. Desai (1996), Environmental Law: Some Reflections, 23 INDIAN BAR REV. 191 (1996) (issue no. 3-4).

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most