Introduction The Dutch political and constitutional tradition has always been characterized by a limited role of the judiciary when it comes to judicial review of legislation. Article 120 of the Dutch Constitution, for example, prohibits…
Introduction My chapter in the book Indirect Judicial Review in Administrative Law, Legality vs Legal Certainty in Europe is dedicated to the role and function of indirect review of administrative action in Swedish law. Indirect…
Introduction The rules on the finality of judicial decisions serve to strike a balance between two competing imperatives: that of legality, which would hold unlawful decisions to be ideally revocable by an authority or reviewable…
Habitat loss is one of the main threats to biodiversity. The current picture is bleak. Deteriorating trends continue to dominate in Ireland. The Environmental Protection Agency reports that the current assessment is ‘very poor’, especially…
In the book edited by Mariolina Eliantonio, Emma Lees, and Tiina Paloniitty forthcoming at Hart Publishing – EU Environmental Principles and Scientific Uncertainty before National Courts – The Case of the Habitats Directive, the increasing…