A ground-breaking book "Greening Justice: Creating and Improving Environmental Courts and Tribunals" by George (Rock) Pring, a University of Denver Sturm College of Law professor of environmental law and his wife Catherine (Kitty) Pring, a professional mediator, which provides step-by-step practical guidance on how to structure and operate an effective environmental court and/or tribunal (ECT) has just been published. According to Prof. Pring, "We had two goals from the outset. First, we wanted to reach a target audience of judges, government officials, lawyers, NGOs, and other leaders around the world with the first-ever guidebook on how to create (or improve) specialized environmental courts and tribunals. Second, we wanted to find a publisher that would provide free in print and on-line access to the book. We succeeded at both goals."
The multidisciplinary husband-wife team identified 12 key characteristics of ECTs -- the "building blocks" or design decisions that contribute to making ECTs work effectively. Designed for capacity building, this comparative study provides a range of options and alternatives within each building block suitable for developed, developing, or least-developed countries. Real world "best practices" and successes and failures are provided for each step, making this a book that will be invaluable to any country or constituency considering creating or improving an ECT.
The full-text of the book can be accessed by clicking here. More information about the Prings' Environmental Courts and Tribunals Study can be accessed by clicking here.
This important new book was the result of two years of research and more than 150 interviews with experts across the world. LLM and Masters of Resources Law Studies students who study under Prof. Pring will benefit enormously from this state-of-the-art look at environmental courts and tribunals.
The book is published by The Access Initiative of the World Resources Institute (WRI) in Washington, D.C.
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