| | Compendium of Judicial Decisions on Matters Related to |
| | 1,24 | | MB | Environment |
| | 351 | | stron |
| | 2610 | | ID | United Nations Environment Programme |
| | 2002 | | rok |
| | I INTRODUCTION..1 |
| | II BACKGROUND TO ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION ..3 |
| | 1. The Legal Basis of Civil Action.3 |
| | 2. Judicial Review .3 |
| | (a) Judicial review as a statutory remedy ..4 |
| | (b) Judicial review as a common law remedy .4 |
| | 3. Action in private law ..4 |
| | (a) Trespass ..4 |
| | (b) Nuisance .4 |
| | (c) Strict Liability: the Rule in Rylands v Fletcher ..4 |
| | (d) Negligence .5 |
| | 4. The Remedies .5 |
| | 5. The protection of the riparian owner's right to water.5 |
| | III BACKGROUND TO CIVIL LAW SYSTEMS 7 |
| | 1. An Example of a Civil Law Judicial System: The French Judicial System7 |
| | 2. Jurisdiction in the French Civil Law System..9 |
| | 3. French Case Law and Environmental Liability .9 |
| | IV THEMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS .12 |
| | A Overview 12 |
| | B Texts..25 |
| | 1 PLANNING CONTROL .27 |
| | i. Summers v The Far North District Council, 1998, (New Zealand) .28 |
| | ii. National Association of Professional Environmentalists v AES Nile Power Ltd, 1999, (Uganda).48 |
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| | iii. Bulankulama v The Secretary, Ministry of Industrial Development, 1999, (Sri Lanka) ..54 |
| | iv. Save the Vaal v The Director Mineral Development Gauteng Region, 1997, (South Africa) .. 82 |
| | v. Paykel v the Northland Regional Council, 1999, (New Zealand).88 |
| | vi. Farooque and Sekandar Ali Mondol v Bangladesh, (Bangladesh).112 |
| | vii. Ravensdown Fertilizer Co-op Ltd & Smith v Otago Regional Council, 1999, (New Zealand) .128 |
| | 2 POLICE POWER AND COMPULSORY ACQUISITION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT..163 |
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| | viii. Just v Marinette County (USA) 164 |
| | ix. Hatton v The Far North District Council, 1998, (New Zealand).174 |
| | x. Daroux v The Minister of Lands, 1999, (New Zealand) .184 |
| | 3 THE PLACE OF CULTURE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT . .195 |
| | xi. Kotuku Parks Ltd v The Kapiti Coast District Council (New Zealand) .196 |
| | xii. Robert Te Kotahi Mahuta v The Waikato Regional Council and Anchor Products Ltd, (New |
| | Zealand) ..214 |
| | xiii. In Contact Energy Ltd v Waikato Regional Council, (New Zealand) ..248 |
| | xiv. H Te M Parata v The Northland Regional Council, (New Zealand) .286 |
| | xv. Yanner v Eaton [1999] HCA 53 (7 October 1999), (Australia)310 |
| | xvi. Attorney General v Lahoy Akonaay, (Tanzania) .340 |