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Carving out a greater role for civil litigation as an environmental law enforcement tool in Zimbabwe's 2013 constitution.

Madebwe, Tinashe

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Abstract

Traditionally, civil litigation has been marginalised as a complementary enforcement tool to state-led efforts at enforcing environmental law in Zimbabwe. This is despite the fact that its value as a complement to other enforcement efforts has increasingly been recognised across the world; and that the Environmental Management Act, the leading statute on environmental law in the country for the last eight years, makes extensive provision for the avenue as a complementary enforcement tool. This paper argues that the inclusion of environmental rights in the 2013 Constitution holds the promise of invigorating civil litigation's role as a complement to state-led enforcement techniques in Zimbabwe's environmental law regulatory framework.

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MADEBWE, T. 2015. Carving out a greater role for civil litigation as an environmental law enforcement tool in Zimbabwe's 2013 constitution. Law, environment and development journal [online], 11(2), pages 108-119. Available from: https://lead-journal.org/content/15106.pdf

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 31, 2015
Online Publication Date Dec 31, 2015
Publication Date Dec 31, 2015
Deposit Date Sep 26, 2023
Publicly Available Date Sep 26, 2023
Journal Law, environment and development journal
Electronic ISSN 1746-5893
Publisher University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, Centre of Jaina Studies
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
Issue 2
Pages 108-119
Keywords Environmental law; Constitutional law; Litigation; Zimbabwe
Public URL https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2054489
Publisher URL https://lead-journal.org/content/15106.pdf

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