2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Theoretical Research on Environmental Public Interest Litigation in the UK
| Project/Area Number |
26870732
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
New fields of law
Public law
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| Research Institution | Kinki University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 行政法 / 環境法 / イギリス法 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In regard to “environmental public interest litigation” which is one of the ways of public participation for environmental protection, UK courts have for many years been open to such applications and they have interpreted the requirement of “sufficient interest” liberally. Ministry of Justice proposed to introduce stricter test of standing in September 2013, and NGOs, lawyers and judges expressed severe dissenting views to the Government proposal. Finally, the Government abandoned to introduce stricter test. Thus UK courts will easily accept “environmental public interest litigation” not only by the organizations but by the individuals.
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| Free Research Field |
行政法
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