The Jurisprudence of Sustainability Law for Water in Australia.
The research of the Centre will be devoted to this topic and use a variety of research techniques to achieve and report on the issues facing administration of the new sustainability laws in each State and at Federal level. The issues arise from various sectors of the community and in places there are severe conflicts. Please see the framework. This article outlines some issues. The Quest for environmental sustainable water use - constitutional issues for Federal, State and local governments in Reform.
Journal of the Australian Law Reform Commission Issue 89 2006/2007 p.22 - 27
A new concept called Sustainability law is now being championed in at least Australian State court. For example. in Anvil Hill Coal Mine case in NSW Judge Preston CJ said:
"if individual members of the judiciary each work towards the common goal of achieving an environmentally sustainable future, the law on sustainable development will gain strength and through collective effort the goal will be reached.... it is clear the time for sustainable development has come, and it is essential that individual judges and national judiciaries seize the opportunity"...
OUCE Oxford University Centre for the Environment
Environmental Change Institute
Trinity Term Lectures
Schedule 2008
Lecture Topic: "New fresh water federalism in Australia: water use
and justice issues"
Presenter: Dr Jennifer McKay, Professor of Business Law, University
of South Australia
When: Monday 2 June 2008, 1-2pm, Fraenkel Room, Corpus Christi
College
Organiser: Environmental Law Discussion Group
Please RSVP to: liz.fisher@law.ox.ac.uk