J Peel
Biographic Data
| ID | 274233 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Peel |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Peel |
| SIGNATURE | PEEL J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2880-169X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 103 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Interdisciplinary challenges for wildfire futures
Litigating the Climate Emergency
As the climate emergency intensifies, rights-based climate cases – litigation that is based on human rights law – are becoming an increasingly important tool for securing more ambitious climate action. This book is the first to offer a systematic analysis of the universe of these cases known as human rights and climate change (HRCC) cases. By combining theory, empirical documentation, and strategic debate among preeminent scholars and practitione…
Preparing for a post-net-zero world
Recipe for Success
The urgency of the global climate problem has prompted an increasing turn to the courts to accelerate action. While still a relatively new phenomenon, “strategic” climate cases have been on the rise since 2015. Litigants in these cases aim to produce ambitious and systemic outcomes. However, with both time and resources limited, how might we best discern which cases have the greatest prospects of achieving cut through in the policy and public deb…
Energy Transition in a Transnational World
At the dawn of 2021 people worldwide looked for signs of hope: signs that the pandemic was waning; signs that politicians were prepared to act decisively on climate change; signs that pervasive patterns of social, political, and economic inequality could be exposed and dislodged. The New Year rang in optimism. Vaccines for COVID-19 began to roll out. 1 President Joseph Biden assumed the United States (US) presidency, displacing Donald Trump and t…
Broadening the Branches and Deepening the Roots of Transnational Environmental Law
The year 2020 has been one of extraordinary tumult and change. At the beginning of the year, few could have predicted how the COVID-19 pandemic would so radically pervade every aspect of human lives and livelihoods, with profound implications for how people live, love, move, work, and connect in our societies. 1 The pandemic has also vividly illustrated our global interconnectedness, as well as the ways in which an initially localized problem can…
Ten Years On
This issue brings to a close the first full decade of Transnational Environmental Law (TEL). It is sobering to consider the shape of the world in 2011 and to remember our ignorance of the events to come. The global stage is always a roiling mix of disparate forces, but between the ascendance of the populist right, COVID-19, Brexit, the rise and decline (and rise?) of ISIS, and the ongoing escalation of climate-related emergencies, it seems that T…
Climate Change Litigation
Climate change litigation has grown exponentially in the last decade, paralleled by the emergence of a rich legal and social sciences literature assessing these cases. Building on a recent review in WIRES Climate Change, this article evaluates the growth of this literature and the key themes it highlights. In 2019, climate litigation literature experienced substantial growth, with a focus on multiple novel dimensions: new high-profile judgments; …
The ‘Rights’ Way to Democratize the Science–Policy Interface in International Environmental Law? A Reply to Anna-Maria Hubert
Science is widely regarded as being necessary for effective international environmental decision-making and risk assessment processes. However, it is equally well recognized that uncertainties or the complexity of phenomena under study mean that science may only offer partial knowledge for environmental problems in many circumstances. ‘Democratization’ of science is often proposed as a solution to this dilemma. This may involve incorporating a wi…
Transnational Environmental Law in a Transformed Environment - Erratum
Indigenous Rights Amidst Global Turmoil
From the introduction: The year 2020 cannot end quickly enough. We enter the final quarter of a year in which cataclysmic fires erupted across Australia and the United States (US) west coast, devastating floods swept across Sudan, a pandemic ravages the lives of millions while bringing the global economy to a virtual standstill, and acts of profound injustice have acted as a startling reminder of the systemic racism that pervades American society…
The End of a Decade and the Dawn of a Climate Resistance
Introduction to the article: As this editorial is being written, the decade is drawing to an end. Or, perhaps more aptly, the decade is roiling to an end. Hong Kong and Chile are rocked by protests. Australia and the Amazon are burning. The President of the United States has been impeached. The United Kingdom is tearing away from the European Union (EU). India is debating its identity. Egypt and Ethiopia are locked in protracted negotiations over…
Transnational Environmental Law in a Transformed Environment
In our previous editorial we commented on the tumultuous end of a decade and the environmental, social, and legal challenges that await. 1 During the first four months of 2020 a global pandemic caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which can lead to the potentially deadly 'coronavirus disease 2019' (COVID-19), stormed onto this already daunting list of challenges. The urgency and all-encompassing nature of the effects of the pandemic has led …
A "next generation" of climate change litigation?
Since conclusion of the Paris Agreement and the high-profile Urgenda case, potential new avenues for strategic climate litigation have received considerable attention in many countries, including Australia. Australia already has a substantial climate jurisprudence, primarily involving administrative challenges under environmental laws. This paper aims to examine the prospects for a “next generation” of cases focused on holding governments and cor…
Transnational Climate Litigation
Since the conclusion of the Paris Agreement, climate litigation has become a global phenomenon, casting courts as important players in multilevel climate governance. However, most climate litigation scholarship focuses on court actions in the Global North. This Article is the first to shine a light on the Global South's contribution to transnational climate litigation. Analysis of this experience is essential if transnational climate jurisprudenc…
Transnational Environmental Law and 'Other' Environmental Laws
As this editorial is being written, the news of the day is filled with discussion of an unfolding environmental crisis: massive forest fires burning in the Amazon rainforest, potentially crossing a crucial 'tipping point' for the ecosystem, 1 and endangering global climate change mitigation efforts. 2 In August 2019, more than 27,400 fires were detected in the Amazon, burning on a scale not seen since 2010. 3 The deforestation that fuels the fire…
Transnational Environmental Law across the Spectrum of Development
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Protecting the Tangible and Intangible Values of Transnational Environmental Spaces
Environmental policy and law walk a tightrope between preserving present and future environmental resources while allowing for their exploitation in the interest of socio-economic development. This raises fundamental and complex questions regarding the weight to be given to current and future economic gain, environmental protection, and the interests of different peoples affected by this interplay. At the transnational level, these challenges are…
A Rights Turn in Climate Change Litigation
In 2015, a Pakistani court in the case ofLeghariv.Federation of Pakistanmade history by accepting arguments that governmental failures to address climate change adequately violated petitioners' rights. This case forms part of an emerging body of pending or decided climate change-related lawsuits that incorporate rights-based arguments in several countries, including the Netherlands, the Philippines, Austria, South Africa, and the United States (U…
Foreword to the TEL Fifth Anniversary Issue Re-evaluating the Principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities in Transnational Climate Change Law
The principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities must remain the bedrock of our collective enterprise across all areas: mitigation, adaptation and means of implementation. Anything else would be morally wrong
Introduction to the Ajil Unbound Symposium on Elephant Law
In international environmental law, the elephant is an icon. Like other “charismatic megafauna” such as whales and pandas, the plight of the elephant has captured the imagination of the general public and generated a raft of international regulations. In efforts to protect the elephant, we can track many of the elements of international law that have been characteristic of the environmental field as a whole: historical beginnings in concerns to p…
Climate Change Litigation's Regulatory Pathways
This article provides a critical next step in scholarship on climate change litigation's regulatory role. It creates a model for understanding the direct and indirect regulatory roles of this litigation. It then applies this model to the United States and Australia, two key jurisdictions for climate change lawsuits, in order to explore the regulatory pathways that this litigation has taken, is taking, and likely will take. This analysis helps to …
Of Apples and Oranges (And Hormones in Beef)
The standard of review applied by WTO decision-makers in disputes under the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures Agreement plays a critical role in determining the scope of SPS risk regulatory authority afforded WTO Members by governing the degree to which such measures must be science-based. The standard of review question in SPS jurisprudence finds resonances in international environmental legal adjudication of highly technical disputes, a…
Climate Change Law in an Era of Multi-Level Governance
As international negotiations struggle to deliver timely, binding commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to safe levels, the environmental legal community has begun to contemplate the scope for climate governance 'beyond' the international climate change regime. Many see merit in a more decentralized, disaggregated approach, operating across multiple governance levels. This article examines the development of climate change law in an era …
The ILC’s Draft Articles on State Responsibility
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Transnational Climate Litigation
Since the conclusion of the Paris Agreement, climate litigation has become a global phenomenon, casting courts as important players in multilevel climate governance. However, most climate litigation scholarship focuses on court actions in the Global North. This Article is the first to shine a light on the Global South's contribution to transnational climate litigation. Analysis of this experience is essential if transnational climate jurisprudenc…
A Rights Turn in Climate Change Litigation
In 2015, a Pakistani court in the case ofLeghariv.Federation of Pakistanmade history by accepting arguments that governmental failures to address climate change adequately violated petitioners' rights. This case forms part of an emerging body of pending or decided climate change-related lawsuits that incorporate rights-based arguments in several countries, including the Netherlands, the Philippines, Austria, South Africa, and the United States (U…
Climate Change Litigation
Climate change litigation has grown exponentially in the last decade, paralleled by the emergence of a rich legal and social sciences literature assessing these cases. Building on a recent review in WIRES Climate Change, this article evaluates the growth of this literature and the key themes it highlights. In 2019, climate litigation literature experienced substantial growth, with a focus on multiple novel dimensions: new high-profile judgments; …
Climate Change Law in an Era of Multi-Level Governance
As international negotiations struggle to deliver timely, binding commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to safe levels, the environmental legal community has begun to contemplate the scope for climate governance 'beyond' the international climate change regime. Many see merit in a more decentralized, disaggregated approach, operating across multiple governance levels. This article examines the development of climate change law in an era …
Climate Change Litigation's Regulatory Pathways
This article provides a critical next step in scholarship on climate change litigation's regulatory role. It creates a model for understanding the direct and indirect regulatory roles of this litigation. It then applies this model to the United States and Australia, two key jurisdictions for climate change lawsuits, in order to explore the regulatory pathways that this litigation has taken, is taking, and likely will take. This analysis helps to …
The End of a Decade and the Dawn of a Climate Resistance
Introduction to the article: As this editorial is being written, the decade is drawing to an end. Or, perhaps more aptly, the decade is roiling to an end. Hong Kong and Chile are rocked by protests. Australia and the Amazon are burning. The President of the United States has been impeached. The United Kingdom is tearing away from the European Union (EU). India is debating its identity. Egypt and Ethiopia are locked in protracted negotiations over…
The ILC’s Draft Articles on State Responsibility
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Of Apples and Oranges (And Hormones in Beef)
The standard of review applied by WTO decision-makers in disputes under the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures Agreement plays a critical role in determining the scope of SPS risk regulatory authority afforded WTO Members by governing the degree to which such measures must be science-based. The standard of review question in SPS jurisprudence finds resonances in international environmental legal adjudication of highly technical disputes, a…
Textbook of Contraceptive Practice
Essays of William Graham Sumner
Population and the New Biology
Equalities and Inequalities in Education
The ILC’s Draft Articles on State Responsibility
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Of Apples and Oranges (And Hormones in Beef)
The standard of review applied by WTO decision-makers in disputes under the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures Agreement plays a critical role in determining the scope of SPS risk regulatory authority afforded WTO Members by governing the degree to which such measures must be science-based. The standard of review question in SPS jurisprudence finds resonances in international environmental legal adjudication of highly technical disputes, a…
Climate Change Law in an Era of Multi-Level Governance
As international negotiations struggle to deliver timely, binding commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to safe levels, the environmental legal community has begun to contemplate the scope for climate governance 'beyond' the international climate change regime. Many see merit in a more decentralized, disaggregated approach, operating across multiple governance levels. This article examines the development of climate change law in an era …
Climate Change Litigation's Regulatory Pathways
This article provides a critical next step in scholarship on climate change litigation's regulatory role. It creates a model for understanding the direct and indirect regulatory roles of this litigation. It then applies this model to the United States and Australia, two key jurisdictions for climate change lawsuits, in order to explore the regulatory pathways that this litigation has taken, is taking, and likely will take. This analysis helps to …
Introduction to the Ajil Unbound Symposium on Elephant Law
In international environmental law, the elephant is an icon. Like other “charismatic megafauna” such as whales and pandas, the plight of the elephant has captured the imagination of the general public and generated a raft of international regulations. In efforts to protect the elephant, we can track many of the elements of international law that have been characteristic of the environmental field as a whole: historical beginnings in concerns to p…
Foreword to the TEL Fifth Anniversary Issue Re-evaluating the Principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities in Transnational Climate Change Law
The principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities must remain the bedrock of our collective enterprise across all areas: mitigation, adaptation and means of implementation. Anything else would be morally wrong
A Rights Turn in Climate Change Litigation
In 2015, a Pakistani court in the case ofLeghariv.Federation of Pakistanmade history by accepting arguments that governmental failures to address climate change adequately violated petitioners' rights. This case forms part of an emerging body of pending or decided climate change-related lawsuits that incorporate rights-based arguments in several countries, including the Netherlands, the Philippines, Austria, South Africa, and the United States (U…
A "next generation" of climate change litigation?
Since conclusion of the Paris Agreement and the high-profile Urgenda case, potential new avenues for strategic climate litigation have received considerable attention in many countries, including Australia. Australia already has a substantial climate jurisprudence, primarily involving administrative challenges under environmental laws. This paper aims to examine the prospects for a “next generation” of cases focused on holding governments and cor…
Transnational Climate Litigation
Since the conclusion of the Paris Agreement, climate litigation has become a global phenomenon, casting courts as important players in multilevel climate governance. However, most climate litigation scholarship focuses on court actions in the Global North. This Article is the first to shine a light on the Global South's contribution to transnational climate litigation. Analysis of this experience is essential if transnational climate jurisprudenc…
Transnational Environmental Law and 'Other' Environmental Laws
As this editorial is being written, the news of the day is filled with discussion of an unfolding environmental crisis: massive forest fires burning in the Amazon rainforest, potentially crossing a crucial 'tipping point' for the ecosystem, 1 and endangering global climate change mitigation efforts. 2 In August 2019, more than 27,400 fires were detected in the Amazon, burning on a scale not seen since 2010. 3 The deforestation that fuels the fire…
Transnational Environmental Law across the Spectrum of Development
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Protecting the Tangible and Intangible Values of Transnational Environmental Spaces
Environmental policy and law walk a tightrope between preserving present and future environmental resources while allowing for their exploitation in the interest of socio-economic development. This raises fundamental and complex questions regarding the weight to be given to current and future economic gain, environmental protection, and the interests of different peoples affected by this interplay. At the transnational level, these challenges are…
Climate Change Litigation
Climate change litigation has grown exponentially in the last decade, paralleled by the emergence of a rich legal and social sciences literature assessing these cases. Building on a recent review in WIRES Climate Change, this article evaluates the growth of this literature and the key themes it highlights. In 2019, climate litigation literature experienced substantial growth, with a focus on multiple novel dimensions: new high-profile judgments; …
The ‘Rights’ Way to Democratize the Science–Policy Interface in International Environmental Law? A Reply to Anna-Maria Hubert
Science is widely regarded as being necessary for effective international environmental decision-making and risk assessment processes. However, it is equally well recognized that uncertainties or the complexity of phenomena under study mean that science may only offer partial knowledge for environmental problems in many circumstances. ‘Democratization’ of science is often proposed as a solution to this dilemma. This may involve incorporating a wi…
Transnational Environmental Law in a Transformed Environment - Erratum
Indigenous Rights Amidst Global Turmoil
From the introduction: The year 2020 cannot end quickly enough. We enter the final quarter of a year in which cataclysmic fires erupted across Australia and the United States (US) west coast, devastating floods swept across Sudan, a pandemic ravages the lives of millions while bringing the global economy to a virtual standstill, and acts of profound injustice have acted as a startling reminder of the systemic racism that pervades American society…
The End of a Decade and the Dawn of a Climate Resistance
Introduction to the article: As this editorial is being written, the decade is drawing to an end. Or, perhaps more aptly, the decade is roiling to an end. Hong Kong and Chile are rocked by protests. Australia and the Amazon are burning. The President of the United States has been impeached. The United Kingdom is tearing away from the European Union (EU). India is debating its identity. Egypt and Ethiopia are locked in protracted negotiations over…
Transnational Environmental Law in a Transformed Environment
In our previous editorial we commented on the tumultuous end of a decade and the environmental, social, and legal challenges that await. 1 During the first four months of 2020 a global pandemic caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which can lead to the potentially deadly 'coronavirus disease 2019' (COVID-19), stormed onto this already daunting list of challenges. The urgency and all-encompassing nature of the effects of the pandemic has led …
Recipe for Success
The urgency of the global climate problem has prompted an increasing turn to the courts to accelerate action. While still a relatively new phenomenon, “strategic” climate cases have been on the rise since 2015. Litigants in these cases aim to produce ambitious and systemic outcomes. However, with both time and resources limited, how might we best discern which cases have the greatest prospects of achieving cut through in the policy and public deb…
Energy Transition in a Transnational World
At the dawn of 2021 people worldwide looked for signs of hope: signs that the pandemic was waning; signs that politicians were prepared to act decisively on climate change; signs that pervasive patterns of social, political, and economic inequality could be exposed and dislodged. The New Year rang in optimism. Vaccines for COVID-19 began to roll out. 1 President Joseph Biden assumed the United States (US) presidency, displacing Donald Trump and t…
Broadening the Branches and Deepening the Roots of Transnational Environmental Law
The year 2020 has been one of extraordinary tumult and change. At the beginning of the year, few could have predicted how the COVID-19 pandemic would so radically pervade every aspect of human lives and livelihoods, with profound implications for how people live, love, move, work, and connect in our societies. 1 The pandemic has also vividly illustrated our global interconnectedness, as well as the ways in which an initially localized problem can…
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