{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2000705183","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jel/equ019","title":"Characteristics of Successful Environmental Courts and Tribunals","display_name":"Characteristics of Successful Environmental Courts and Tribunals","publication_year":2014,"publication_date":"2014-07-04","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2000705183","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jel/equ019","mag":"2000705183"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1093/jel/equ019","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jel/equ019","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jel/equ019","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S129774924","display_name":"Journal of Environmental Law","issn_l":"0952-8873","issn":["0952-8873","1464-374X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["abdc-b","jufo-3","norway-2","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311648","host_organization_name":"Oxford University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311648","https://openalex.org/P4310311647"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Oxford University Press","University of Oxford"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Environmental Law","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://autopapers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2770879","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007068413","display_name":"Brian J. Preston","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0391-7052","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0391-7052"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I63525965","display_name":"Western Sydney University","ror":"https://ror.org/03t52dk35","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I63525965"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"B. J. Preston","raw_affiliation_strings":["Chief Judge, Land and Environment Court of New South Wales, Australia","Western Sydney University, School of Law"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Chief Judge, Land and Environment Court of New South Wales, Australia","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Western Sydney University, School of Law","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63525965"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5007068413"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63525965"],"apc_list":{"value":3067,"currency":"GBP","value_usd":4045},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":31.4023,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":53,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99396411,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":93,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"26","issue":"3","first_page":"365","last_page":"393"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12895","display_name":"Environmental law and policy","score":0.9887999892234802,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3308","display_name":"Law"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12895","display_name":"Environmental law and policy","score":0.9887999892234802,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3308","display_name":"Law"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10802","display_name":"Judicial and Constitutional Studies","score":0.0019000000320374966,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3308","display_name":"Law"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13756","display_name":"International Environmental Law and Policies","score":0.00139999995008111,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2308","display_name":"Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-courts","display_name":"environmental courts","score":0.9769999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-tribunals","display_name":"environmental tribunals","score":0.9940000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-conflict-resolution","display_name":"environmental dispute resolution","score":0.921999990940094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/best-practices","display_name":"best practices","score":0.578000009059906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/establishment-of-courts","display_name":"court establishment","score":0.35600000619888306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/procedural-characteristics","display_name":"procedural characteristics","score":0.4959999918937683}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C128069549","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328798","display_name":"Environmental law","level":2,"score":0.42286163568496704},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.3767527937889099},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.3580077886581421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.3541403114795685},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C91375879","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15473274","display_name":"Environmental planning","level":1,"score":0.345794677734375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.2544892430305481}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1093/jel/equ019","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jel/equ019","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jel/equ019","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S129774924","display_name":"Journal of Environmental Law","issn_l":"0952-8873","issn":["0952-8873","1464-374X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["abdc-b","jufo-3","norway-2","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311648","host_organization_name":"Oxford University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311648","https://openalex.org/P4310311647"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Oxford University Press","University of Oxford"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Environmental Law","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"mag:2000705183","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://autopapers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2770879","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210172589","display_name":"SSRN Electronic Journal","issn_l":"1556-5068","issn":["1556-5068"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1318003438","host_organization_name":"RELX Group (Netherlands)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1318003438"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"SSRN Electronic Journal","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"mag:2000705183","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://autopapers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2770879","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210172589","display_name":"SSRN Electronic Journal","issn_l":"1556-5068","issn":["1556-5068"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1318003438","host_organization_name":"RELX Group (Netherlands)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1318003438"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"SSRN Electronic Journal","raw_type":null},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","score":0.8999999761581421,"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306084","display_name":"U.S. Department of Energy","ror":"https://ror.org/01bj3aw27"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2907427245","https://openalex.org/W4226401510","https://openalex.org/W4389258033","https://openalex.org/W3126270064","https://openalex.org/W1864839126","https://openalex.org/W4256540715","https://openalex.org/W7028270545","https://openalex.org/W2907125663","https://openalex.org/W7220373151","https://openalex.org/W3189279156"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Over":[0],"the":[1,4,38,42,103,126],"course":[2],"of":[3,24,41,105,130],"past":[5],"few":[6],"decades,":[7],"there":[8],"has":[9],"been":[10,45,51],"an":[11,65],"exponential":[12],"growth":[13],"in":[14,73,102,113],"environmental":[15,30,66,109],"courts":[16,110],"and":[17,87,119,128],"tribunals":[18,112],"(ECTs).":[19],"At":[20],"present,":[21],"over":[22],"350":[23],"these":[25],"specialized":[26],"fora":[27],"for":[28,64],"resolving":[29],"disputes":[31],"exist,":[32],"spanning":[33],"across":[34],"every":[35],"region":[36],"throughout":[37],"world.":[39],"Some":[40],"ECTs":[43],"have":[44,50],"more":[46],"successful":[47],"but":[48],"others":[49],"less":[52],"successful.":[53],"This":[54],"article":[55,93],"identifies":[56],"12":[57],"characteristics":[58],"that":[59,121],"experience":[60],"suggests":[61],"are":[62,101,122],"required":[63],"court":[67],"or":[68,107,111],"tribunal":[69],"to":[70,124],"operate":[71],"successfully":[72],"practice,":[74],"drawing":[75],"upon":[76],"examples":[77],"from":[78,89],"multiple":[79],"jurisdictions.":[80],"In":[81],"identifying":[82],"best":[83],"practices,":[84],"both":[85],"substantive":[86],"procedural,":[88],"existing":[90],"ECTs,":[91],"this":[92],"will":[94],"assist":[95],"two":[96],"groups:":[97],"first,":[98],"stakeholders":[99,118],"who":[100],"process":[104],"planning":[106],"creating":[108],"their":[114,131],"jurisdictions":[115],"and,":[116],"secondly,":[117],"countries":[120],"looking":[123],"improve":[125],"functioning":[127],"performance":[129],"own":[132],"ECTs.":[133]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-10-15T10:00:46.086208","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}