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Articles by Emily Barritt
Dismantling environmental democracy: the EU Commission’s playbook
The political guidelines of Ursula von der Leyen’s second EU Commission underline how "Europe’s future in a fractured world will depend on having a strong democracy". She alerts us to how "[o]ur democratic systems and institutions are under attack" and stresses that "[w]e need to do more to protect our democracy." Yet last week, her commission conducted their very own attack on a key international regime protecting those very same democratic values.
Three reasons to support environmental defenders Original
Life for environmental defenders is difficult. Politicians vilify them, courts constrict them, journalists mock them and public hostility towards them is palpable. So much so that after his visit to the UK in January, Michel Forst, the UN representative for environmental defenders, stated that he found their treatment “extremely worrying”. To understand his point, you need only consider the example of Trudi Warner who yesterday faced contempt of court proceedings in the High Court.
Three reasons to support environmental defenders
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Dr Emily Barritt Wins the King's Engaged Research Award
The Transnational Law Institute is proud to congratulate co-director Dr Emily Barritt on winning the King’s Engaged Research Award for Communicating Research (International). The award is for her project, Sentinels, a short film about the Rights of Nature movement and the crucial issues it raises. Dr Barritt was awarded the prize in a ceremony at King’s College London on the 16th of January.
King's Legal Clinic evaluates impact of successful cross-cultural module in India visit
A year since the King’s Legal Clinic launched the Transitional Remedies in Environmental Harm module, the King's Legal Clinic and their Indian partners met in Kolkata to evaluate the impact of the cross-collaborative module.
Partnership will bring together students from India and UK to advance climate justice
The Dickson Poon School of Law has partnered with two Indian universities to launch an LLM module that will help students identify legal remedies for communities impacted by climate change. The module, Transnational Remedies for Environmental Harm with Clinical Legal Education, is a partnership with West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) and Jindal Global Law School (JGLS).
Student animation project to help people with learning difficulties understand democracy
King’s students have taken the creative lead in a new project, producing short animations to educate young people, including those with learning difficulties, on topics in constitutional law. The idea for the project, Discovering Democracy, came from Dr Emily Barritt, from The Dickson Poon School of Law, and was inspired by her personal experiences.
COP26: law school launches Climate Justice Month
During November, staff and students from King’s Legal Clinic will take part in two public events and a global day of climate action, focusing on legal solutions to issues in environmental law and climate justice. The events are also supported by the King’s Climate Law and Governance Centre.
Founding Director of Transnational Law Institute Moves to McGill University
Professor Peer Zumbansen will remain a member of the TLI and The Dickson Poon School of Law as the inaugural Honorary Professor of Transnational Law. Professor Peer Zumbansen, the inaugural Professor of Transnational Law and Founding Director of the Transnational Law Institute (TLI) at The Dickson Poon School of Law, has been named the inaugural Professor of Business Law at McGill University, Faculty of Law, Montreal.
Climate Change, Justice and the Courts
Dr Barritt ran a week long course on Climate Change, Justice and the Courts with colleague Melanie Murcott from the University of Praetoria. In summer 2018, Transnational Law Institute Co-Director Dr Emily Barritt ran a week long course on Climate Change, Justice and the Courts with colleague Melanie Murcott from the University of Pretoria. The course was part of the Law Schools’ Global League annual summer school and was held at IE University in Segovia, Spain.
Beauty: A Lingua Franca for Environmental Law?
This article investigates whether beauty in nature can provide a global language to inform environmental governance, such as by providing shared values and collaborative approaches across and within different cultures. Because art mediates how many people experience environmental aesthetics, such as through photography and music, this enquiry extends to the arts.
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