ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
In Japan, climate litigation ( / Kiko soshou ) has been used to challenge the legality of the construction and operation of the coal-fired power plants and promote coal phase-out. Since 2017, five civil and administrative cases have been filed in Japan, seeking to stop the construction and operation of coal-fired power plants.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 1, 2022
Japan , their case challenging the legality of a governmental approval that allows for the construction and operation of new coal-fired power plants. Through May 2022, all existing climate litigation cases in Japan concern the construction or operation of coal-fired power plants and refer to citizens’ attempts to stop the use of coal.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 26, 2023
Japan ) Two weeks later, a civil complaint involving the same facts received a first-instance judgment rejecting the request for an injunction to block the construction and operation of coal-fired power plants. Kobe Civil Case) In September 2018, a group of 40 citizens sued Kobe Steel Ltd., Kobe Steel Ltd.,
Conflict of Laws
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
We translated the press announcement as follows: Background and Significance of the Interpretation People’s courts face the important issue of how international treaties and international practices are applied domestically in foreign-related civil and commercial trials.
Conflict of Laws
APRIL 13, 2023
The Supreme Court of India (“SC”) and the Law Commission of India have characterised the law of limitation as a procedural law. Indeed, this is the prevalent position in the civil law jurisdictions.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
A civil law breakthrough came in 2021, with the ruling of a Dutch court against Shell. In Smith v Fonterra , decided by New Zealand’s Supreme Court this week, we have perhaps the biggest common law breakthrough. Litigation against major corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters has proven extremely tough.
Conflict of Laws
JULY 11, 2021
In the last few decades, even civil law jurisdictions have witnessed an increase in the promotion of alternative dispute resolution. Some Constructive Criticism on the Consumer ADR/ODR Package ; in Italian). Il frutto di un buon esercizio del diritto ( Mediation. The Result of a Mindful Exercise of Rights ; in Italian).
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