Abstract
In a broad constitutional and governance sense, decisions, and decision-making processes, are ultimately controlled by courts. This chapter discusses the role courts play in the context of both common law and civil law jurisdictions in constraining sustainability assessment and explores the critical issue of legal standing which stipulates who has, and does not have, direct access to courts in relation to the sustainability assessment and the associated decision-making process.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Sustainability Assessment: Pluralism, Practice and Progress |
| Editors | Alan Bond, Angus Morrison-Saunders, Richard Howett |
| Place of Publication | U.K. |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 85-99 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780203112625 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780415598491 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- sustainability
- assessment
- environmental management
- courts
- judicial power
