Program Information
Phase I (August 20-24)
Phase II (September 24-28)
Phase III (October 22-26)
Phase I
Supreme Court Program Agenda
Study Materials
Introduction to the Program
Supreme Court of Justice and Environmental Law Institute
Science Supporting Environmental Law and Policy
Dr. Jose Sarukhán
Environmental Protection in Courts: Standing in Citizen Suits and Class Actions
Judge Carlos Lucero
Environmental Litigation
John Cruden
The Right to a Healthy Environment, Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development
Barry Hill
Class Actions and Other Remedies for Environmental Protection
Judge Carlos Lucero, John Cruden, Judge Merideth Wright, Magistrate Jean Claude Tron
Moderated by: Dr. Jose Roldán Xopa
Basic Principles of Environmental Law
John Pendergrass
International Environmental Law and Enforcement
Roger Martella
International Environmental Law in the Mexican Legal System and Enforcement
Wilehaldo Cruz
Comparative Law
Wilehaldo Cruz and Roger Martella
Judicial Perspectives on Environmental Damage
Judge Merideth Wright
Balancing Rights for Environmental Protection
Magistrate Jean Claude Tron Petite
Environmental Damage in the Mexican Legal System
Consuelo Juaréz
Climate Change: The Facts and Implications for Mexico
Dr. Fernando Tudela
Economic Valuation of the Environment
Juan Manuel Torres
Value and Threats to Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Mexico
Presentation One
Presentation Two
Julia Carabias
Closing Remarks
Supreme Court of Justice and Environmental Law Institute
Institute for Juridical Research Program Agenda
Study Materials
Inauguration of the Seminar
Carlos Vázquez, Monica Contró, John Cruden
Environmental Litigation
John Cruden
Environmental Protection in Courts: Standing in Citizen Suits and Class Actions
Judge Carlos Lucero
Panel: Right to a Healthy Environment in the Mexican Legislation and Jurisprudence
Dra. María del Carmen Carmona, Gustavo Alanís
The Right to a Healthy Environment, Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development
Barry Hill
Panel: Challenges in Access to Environmental Justice: Emblematic Cases in Mexico
Roger Martella
The Precautionary Principle in Courts: EPA vs. Massachusetts
Roger Martella
Panel: Environmental Damage Restoration and Removal of Economic Benefits
Judge Merideth Wright, Magistrate Neófito López Ramos, Lourdes Hernández
Phase II
Agenda
Faculty Information
Study Materials
- Environmental Law in the United States
- UNEP Judicial Handbook on Environmental Law
- The Role of Philippine Courts in Establishing the Environmental Rule of Law
Visit to the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. House of Representatives
"The Public Trust Doctrine"
International Regime for the Protection of Biodiversity
- David Hunter Presentation
- Biodiversidad Mexicana
- Conservation on Biological Diversity Global Outlook Report
- Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad Síntesis
- Why Everyone Loses from US Boycott of the UN Biodiversity Agreement
Climate Change
- Lisa Goldman Presentation
- Legal and Policy Tools to Adapt Biodiversity Management to Climate Change
- Strategic Options for Adapting Biodiversity Management to Climate Change
- Reporting On Climate Change
- Strategic Options for Adapting Biodiversity Management to Climate Change
- The Design & Implementation of US Climate Policy
- UNFCCC Cuarta Comunicación Nacional
Visit to the Environmental Appeals Board
Protection of Water Rights and Wetlands
Hazardous Substances and Brownfields
International Courts and Environmental Protection
Visit to the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights: Human Rights and the Environment
- UN Resolution Human Rights and the Environment
- Indigenous and Tribal Peoples' Rights over their Ancestral Lands and Natural Resources
- Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP
Criminal Prosecution of Environmental, Wildlife and Natural Resource Cases
Evidence in Environmental Cases
Environmental Economics
Visit to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- Judge Nancy Firestone Presentation Evidence
- Judge Nancy Firestone Presentation Case Management
- Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence
Class Actions and Citizen Suits for Environmental Protection
- Lory Easton Presentation
- Manual de Acciones Colectivas
- The Public in Action: Using State Citizen Suit Statutes to Protect Biodiversity
Environmental Damage Assessment and Restoration
Administrative Law
Trade and the Environment
"Remedies" Including Court Orders, Penalties, Compensation, and Removal of Economic Benefit
Enforcement of Judicial Decisions
Phase III
Study Materials
The Tragedy of the Commons
Constitutional System for the Environment
Collective Actions
- Etienne Luquet Presentation
- Magistrate Tron Petite Presentation
- Magistrate Tron Petite Second Presentation
Mexico's Judicial System for Energy
Protected Areas, Carrying Capacity and Acceptable Change Limits as Unstruments Available for Valuing Biodiversity
- Biologist Alfredo Arellano Guillermo, first presentation
- Biologist Alfredo Arellano Guillerm, second presentation
Judicial System for Environmental Restoration
Competencies of the Three Orders of Government in the Field of Climate Change
Economic Instruments for Assessing Environmental Damage
The Economics of Climate Change
Indigenous Towns and the Environment
The Rights of Indigenous Communities
Environmental Crimes and the Environmental Constitutional System
Crimes Against the Environment and Environmental Management
Structural Analysis of Environmental Law in the Mexican legal system, from the standpoint of Environmental Damage
Climate Change and its Impact on International and National Legal Systems
Judicial Review of Administrative Acts
Integration of the International Legal System for the Protection of the Environment to the National Legal System
Planning of Court Cases and Management of Evidence Rules