June 8, 2017
by Yanmei Lin
Comments Off on Updates from the Field: Exploring Co-Learning with China’s Supreme People’s Court
In the last three years, China’s judiciary has made significant progress in strengthening its capacity to adjudicate environmental cases. The Supreme People’ Court in China (SPC) established a specialized environmental and resources division in June, 2014 proliferating more than 600 specialized … Continue reading
October 31, 2016
by William Schulte
Comments Off on Discussing Citizen Enforcement of Clean Water Laws with the Supreme People’s Court of China
On October 14 Vermont Law School Professor and Technical Advisor to the US-Asia Partnerships for Environmental Law Jack Tuholske had the special opportunity to give a presentation on judicial and citizen enforcement of water protection laws to the Environment and Natural … Continue reading
October 2, 2015
by Yanmei Lin
Comments Off on Trends of Environmental Criminal Enforcement in China
In June, 2015, China’s Environmental and Resources Law Division in the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) said the courts opened 1188 environment pollution crime cases in 2014, which is 7.9 times more than cases filed in 2013. What’s environmental crime? From the … Continue reading