Abstract

The enforcement of environmental law is today suffering in most of the world of poor implementation and often the executive powers tend to abdicate their responsibilities to the judiciary. In this perspective, the current trend has been to build up specialized courts and tribunals to deal with environmental cases and to make easier the access to justice for citizens, NGOs and disadvantaged groups. The high technical level characterizing environment matters has led many judicial bodies to equip themselves with the necessary expertise, including impartial "expert ...