Environmental Jurisprudence in India.

• Superior document: London-Leiden Series on Law, Administration and Development Series ; v.2
• Author: Abraham, C. M.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 1999.; ©1999.
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: London-Leiden Series on Law, Administration and Development Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (191 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 The Focus of the Study -- 1.2 The Complexity of the Present Indian Scenario -- 1.3 The Structure of the Thesis -- Chapter 2: The Constitutional Foundations of Indian Environmental Jurisprudence -- 2.1 The Significance of the Aims and Ideals of the Constitution -- 2.2 The Importance of the Directive Principles of State Policy -- 2.3 The Evolution of the Indian Public Law Regime -- 2.4 The Extraordinary Remedial Powers and their Modifications -- 2.5 The Effect of Social Action Litigation -- 2.6 The Societal Role of the Indian Judiciary -- Chapter 3: Public Nuisance and Indian Environmental Jurisprudence: From Common Law Foundations to Public Law Models -- 3.1 Public Nuisance and the Common Law Foundations in India -- 3.2 Public Nuisance under the Indian Penal Code -- 3.3 Public Nuisance under the Criminal and Civil Procedural Codes in India -- 3.4 From a Common Law to a Public Law Rationale for Public Nuisance in India -- Chapter 4: The Regulatory Framework of Indian Environmental Statutes -- 4.1 The Nature of Environmental Regulation -- 4.2 Evaluation of the Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1981 -- 4.3 Evaluation of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 -- 4.4 The Permeation of the Public Law Rationale in Indian Environmental Regulation -- 4.5 The Evolving Indian Legal Ideology on Environmental Regulation -- Chapter 5: Indian Legal Culture and Environmental Jurisprudence -- 5.1 Legal Systems and Legal Cultures -- 5.2 Dharma and its Dynamics -- 5.3 The Nature of Indian Dharmic Culture -- 5.4 Dharma and Contemporary Indian Jurisprudence -- 5.5 Indian Tradition and Environmentalism -- Chapter 6: The Jurisprudence on Indian Environmental Law -- 6.1 The Juridical Rationale of Ratlam.

6.2 The Juristic Principles in the Mehta Cases -- 6.3 The Jurisprudence of 'Justice without Law' in Bhopal -- 6.4 The Contours of Indian Environmental Jurisprudence -- Chapter 7: Conclusion: The Neo-Dharmic Indian Environmental Jurisprudence -- Bibliography -- Table of Cases -- Table of Statutory Provisions -- Table of Constitutional Provisions -- Index -- THE LONDON-LEIDEN SERIES ON LAW, ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT.