Environmental harms are by their nature complex and as such give rise to formal legal responses that range from simple regulatory intervention to multi-faceted court order. The purpose of this paper is to explore the emergence of environmental courts and the development of judicial and tribunal expertise in this specific area. A wide range of sanctions are now available and being actively applied by such bodies. Moreover, in many instances, the philosophical approach adopted by these courts is that of problem-solving. The combination of specialist expertise and innovative methods of intervention are progressively revolutionising judicial practice in regards to contemporary environmental issues.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Research Division:	Human Society
Research Group:	Criminology
Research Field:	Courts and sentencing
Objective Division:	Law, Politics and Community Services
Objective Group:	Justice and the law
Objective Field:	Legal processes
UTAS Author:	White, R (Professor Rob White)
ID Code:	84264
Year Published:	2013
Web of Science® Times Cited:	27
Deposited By:	School of Social Sciences
Deposited On:	2013-05-01
Last Modified:	2014-10-18
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