Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : dimensions of justice in environmental law / Jonas Ebbesson -- The second cycle of ecological urgency : an environmental justice perspective / Richard Falk -- Describing the elephant : international justice and environmental law / Dinah Shelton -- Law, justice, and rights : some implications of a global perspective / William Twining -- Gender and environmental law and justice : thoughts on sustainable masculinities / Hanne Petersen -- Participatory rights in natural resource management : the role of communities in South Asia / Jona Razzaque -- Public participation and the challenges of environmental justice in China / Qun Du -- Environmental justice through courts in countries in economic transition / Stephen Stec -- Environmental justice through environmental courts? : lessons learned from the Swedish experience / Jan Darpö -- Environmental justice in the European Court of Justice / Ludwig Krämer -- Environmental justice through international complaints procedures? : comparing the Aarhus Convention and the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation / Malgosia Fitzmaurice.

Environmental justice in situations of armed conflict / Phoebe Okowa -- Sovereignty and environmental justice in international law / André Nollkaemper -- Piercing the state veil in the pursuit of environmental justice / Jonas Ebbesson -- Competing narratives of justice in North-South environmental relations : the case of ozone layer depletion / Karin Mickelson -- Climate change, global environmental justice and international environmental law / Jutta Brunnée -- Justice in global environmental negotiations : the case of desertification / Bo Kjellén -- Distributive justice and procedural fairness in global water law / Ellen Hey -- Environmental justice in the use, knowledge, and exploitation of genetic resources / Philippe Cullet -- Law, gender, and environmental resources : women's access to environmental justice in East Africa / Patricia Kameri-Mbote -- The polluter pays principle : dilemmas of justice in national and international contexts / Hans Christian Bugge -- Corporate activities and environmental justice : perspectives on Sierra Leone's mining / Priscilla Schwartz -- Environmental justice and international trade law / Nicolas de Sadeleer.