Standing and the precautionary principle /

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Author / Creator:Nash, Jonathan Remy.
Imprint:[Chicago, Ili.] : Law School, the University of Chicago, 2007.
Description:1 online resource ([28] p.)
Language:English
Series:Public law and legal theory, Chicago working paper ; no. 178
Tulane research paper ; 07-06
Public law and legal theory working paper ; no. 178.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7850962
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Other authors / contributors:University of Chicago. Law School.
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:"...This Paper argues that "precautionary-based standing" - grounded upon a fundamental principle of environmental law, the precautionary principle - should apply in such cases. Precautionary-based standing would not upset existing standing doctrine. First, its application would be limited, and could further be limited to cases brought by a sovereign. Second, there already are less stringent standing requirements in areas where society has deemed precaution to be appropriate. Third, the catastrophic and uncertain nature of the injury in a precautionary-based standing would satisfy Article III. The argument here is important in several ways. First, reliance upon the precautionary principle might attract the support of people who question the certainty of the science but recognize the large risks associated with global warming. Second, precautionary-based standing would be available to address future environmental crises where scientific understanding that the threat is real may lag. Third, precautionary-based standing eventually may generate a broader evolution of standing jurisprudence. Fourth, importation and application of the precautionary principle to questions of standing will provide a logical and stable setting in which the precautionary principle might develop and flourish."