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Lesley K. McAllister - Making Law Matter: Environmental Protection and Legal Institutions in Brazil - 9780804758239 - V9780804758239
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Making Law Matter: Environmental Protection and Legal Institutions in Brazil

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Description for Making Law Matter: Environmental Protection and Legal Institutions in Brazil Hardback. Covers an innovative prosecutorial institution, the Brazilian Ministrio Publico, which refashioned itself in the 1980s into a powerful defender of citizen rights in environmental protection, as well as in other areas of public interest such as disability rights, consumer protection, and anticorruption. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 tables, 5 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; LNKJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.

Although many developing countries have environmental statutes, regulations, and resolutions on the books, these laws are rarely enforced and often ignored. Making Law Matter presents the first book-length treatment of an innovative prosecutorial institution, the Brazilian Ministrio Publico, which refashioned itself in the 1980s into a powerful defender of citizen rights in environmental protection, as well as in other areas of public interest such as disability rights, consumer protection, and anticorruption.

In Brazil, the offices of prosecutors and courts have become an important forum for resolving environmental conflicts, making environmental law more effective than in the past. Court involvement ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804758239
SKU
V9780804758239
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About Lesley K. McAllister
Lesley K. McAllister is Associate Professor at the University of San Diego School of Law and Assistant Adjunct Professor at the University of California, San Diego, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies.

Reviews for Making Law Matter: Environmental Protection and Legal Institutions in Brazil
"Making Law Matter, by Lesley McAllister, is a major book on an important topic: Brazil's Public Ministry and its role in the enforcement of environmental laws . . . Though this is a legal study, the analysis contained here is strengthened by the excellent use of recent work in political science, social movements and public policy. Another strength of the ... Read more

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