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EU Environmental Principles and Scientific Uncertainty before National Courts: The Case of the Habitats Directive

EU Environmental Principles and Scientific Uncertainty before National Courts: The Case of the Habitats Directive

Author: Mariolina Eliantonio; Emma Lees; Tiina Paloniitty
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509948192

Published In: April 2023
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781509948239

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This comparative book explores the dynamics driving how courts across Europe and beyond understand and analyse scientific information in nature conservation. The Habitats and the Birds Directive-the core of EU nature conservation law-are usually seen as the most 'uniform' parts of EU environmental law. This book analyses the case law from 11 current and former EU Member States' courts and explores the dynamics of how, and crucially why, their understandings of scientific uncertainty on the one hand, and EU environmental principles on the other, vary.

The courts' scope and depth of review, access to scientific knowledge, and scientific literacy all influence such decisions-as does their interpretation of norms and principles. How have the courts evaluated scientific evidence, encompassing its essential uncertainties? This book answers this and many more questions pertinent to EU environmental law, comparative environmental law, administrative law, and STS studies.

Co-edited by experienced leaders in the field, and with outstanding contributors, this book is an essential guide to the dynamics of nature conservation law.

Foreword

Part I: Setting the Scene: Courts, Science and Environmental Law

1. 'Science' in Court - The Importance of Specificity

Emma Lees (European University Institute, Italy) and Tiina Paloniitty (University of Helsinki, Finland)

2. The Birds and Habitats Directive and the EIA Directive in EU Law

Augustin Garcia Ureta (University of the Basque Country, Spain)

Part II: Reviewing Science and Law in the Member States' Courts

3. Ireland

Aine Ryall (University College Cork, Ireland)

4. Lithuania

Jurgita Pauzaite-Kulvinskiene (Vilnius University, Lithuania) and Indre Zvaigzdiniene (Vilnius University, Lithuania)

5. England and Wales

Catherine Caine (University of Exeter, UK) and Richard Broadbent (Natural England, UK)

6. The Netherlands

Floor Fleurke (Tilburg University, the Netherlands)

7. Italy

Roberto Caranta (Turin University, Italy)

8. Germany

Wolfgang Koeck (Helmholz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany)

9. Hungary

Katalin Sulyok (Eoetvoes Lorand University, Hungary)

10. Finland

Tiina Paloniitty (University of Helsinki, Finland) and Hanna Nieminen-Finne (Vaasa Administrative Court, Finland)

11. Greece

Konstantinos Gogos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

12. France

Francois-Vivien Guiot (University of Pau, France)

13. Romania

Dacian Dragos (Babes Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania) and Bogdana Neamtu (Babes Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Part III: Broadening the View

14. Biodiversity in the Court: The Certainty of Contests about Uncertainty

Brian J Preston (The New South Wales Land and Environment Court, Australia)

15. The Approach of the CJEU on Science-Intense EU Administrative Law

Mariolina Eliantonio (Maastricht University, the Netherlands) and Michal Krajewski (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

16. Conclusions

Mariolina Eliantonio (Maastricht University, the Netherlands), Emma Lees (European University Institute, Italy) and Tiina Paloniitty (University of Helsinki, Finland)