AbstractJudges in US state courts are increasingly presiding over lawsuits that involve disputes related to climate change. This gives the courts an important role in helping

shape climate governance. However, the extent to which judges choose to engage with relevant scientific information when deciding climate cases is unclear. [...]

AbstractIn India, the Coastal Aquaculture Authority, established at the behest of the Supreme Court to protect the coastal environment from an unregulated shrimp industry,

has evolved into a bureaucratic apparatus that promotes business interests. The recent reform of this agency underscores the conflicting dialogue between the Government [...]

AbstractChemical exposure can produce devasting harm to human health and the environment. The EU regulation requires the testing of substances to ascertain whether they exhibit

hazards such that appropriate risk management measures must be applied. Traditionally, toxicity testing has involved using animals as a surrogate for humans. [...]

AbstractThis article argues that while the Strasbourg human rights system provides a level of environmental protection through existing rights and their evolutive interpretation

by the European Court of Human Rights, adopting an additional Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’) on the right to a healthy environment [...]

AbstractTo halt the decline of the natural environment, attention is increasingly directed towards nature restoration. A recent example of this is the EU’s Nature Restoration

Law (NRL). This article presents an assessment of the NRL, arguing that the NRL is ambitious but that this ambition comes with a risk of it becoming a performative [...]

AbstractThis article argues for the integration of intergenerational equity principles into UK company law to address the growing environmental challenges of the future. Drawing

on these principles, it develops a theoretical framework for reconceptualising the corporate form under UK law. [...]

AbstractIn Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd (No 2) the UK Supreme Court unanimously held that the Water Industry Act 1991 did not prevent claims

being brought in trespass or nuisance against United Utilities for foul water discharges into the Manchester Ship Canal. [...]

AbstractCurrent scholarly discourse is dominated by stories about the role of strategic litigation as a mechanism for forcing public action in relation to climate change. While

such stories are satisfying, they are not necessarily meaningful because they narrow the intellectual field of vision. [...]

Artificial intelligence (AI) hiring systems (AHSs) are used by employers every day to screen and shortlist job candidates. Despite this, substantial gaps exist in our understanding

of the real – as opposed to theoretical – risks of discrimination when these systems are deployed. [...]