Defects of Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure and Substantive Illegality

Research Project

Project/Area Number	16H07352
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Public law
Research Institution	Kansai University
Principal Investigator	MORITA Takao 関西大学, 政策創造学部, 助教 (70781764)
Project Period (FY)	2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords	公法学 / 環境法学 / 環境影響評価 / 手続的瑕疵 / 行政訴訟 / アメリカ法 / 環境法
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This research aimed to examine how we should take into account defects of environmental impact assessment procedure in determining substantive illegality by analysis of articles and case law in Japan and the United States. I clarified that federal courts of the United States consider these defects an important factor in determining substantive illegality and focus on whether there is sufficient detailed information that can justify the result of environmental impact assessment. In light of that, I examined judicial remedies for defects of environmental impact assessment procedure in Japan.