EU Environmental Principles and Scientific Uncertainty before National Courts

Introduction
Mariolina Eliantonio (Maastricht University, the Netherlands), Emma Lees (European University Institute, Italy) and Tiina Paloniitty (University of Helsinki, Finland)

Part I: Setting the Scene: Courts, Science and the Habitats Directive
1. 'Science' in Court - The Importance of Specificity
Emma Lees (European University Institute, Italy) and Tiina Paloniitty (University of Helsinki, Finland)
2. The European Court of Justice's Approach to Scientific and Factual Matters in the Habitats Directive - Between Uncertainty and Precaution
Augustin Garcia Ureta (University of the Basque Country, Spain)

Part II: Reviewing Science and Law in the Member States' Courts
3. Judicial Review and Enforcement of The Habitats Directive in Ireland
Aine Ryall (University College Cork, Ireland)
4. The Boundaries of Administrative Judicial Review in Lithuania in Natura 2000 Cases
Jurgita Pauzaite-Kulvinskiene (Vilnius University, Lithuania) and Indre Zvaigzdiniene (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
5. The Scrutiny of Scientific Evidence by UK Courts in Environmental Decisions: Legality, the Fact-Law Distinction, and (Sometimes) Self-Limiting Review
Catherine Caine (University of Exeter, UK) and Richard Broadbent (Freeths LLP, UK)
6. Judicial Review of the Application of Article 6(3) Habitats Directive: How the Dutch Council of State Integrates Science, Expertise and Scientific Uncertainty
Floor Fleurke (Tilburg University, the Netherlands)
7. Of Ostensible Self-Restraint, Explicit Environmental Protection, and a Missing Link: the Appropriate Assessment in Italy
Roberto Caranta (Turin University, Italy)
8. Legal Approaches to Scientific Uncertainty in Germany - The Case of EU Nature Conservation Law
Wolfgang Koeck (Helmholz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany) and Till Markus (University of Bremen, Germany)
9. Reasoning Styles, the Role of Discretionary Judicial Choices and the Limits of Judicial Review: the Hungarian Courts' Experience with the Habitats and the Bird Directives
Katalin Sulyok (Eoetvoes Lorand University, Hungary)
10. The EU Nature Conservation Law in Finnish Judicial Review: Various Avenues, Coalescing Case Law?
Tiina Paloniitty (University of Helsinki, Finland) and Hanna Nieminen-Finne (Vaasa Administrative Court, Finland)
11. The Intensity of Judicial Review in Environmental Litigation in Greek Law with Special Regard to Habitats Sites
Konstantinos Gogos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
12. The Weakness of the Judiciary and the Poor Implementation of the Habitats Directive: How Judicial Self-Restraint Endangers Biodiversity Protection in France
Francois-Vivien Guiot (University of Pau, France)
13. The Habitats Directive in the Romanian Courts: Procedure vs Substance
Dacian Dragos (Babes Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania) and Bogdana Neamtu (Babes Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Part III Broadening the View
14. Biodiversity in the Court: The Certainty of Contests about Uncertainty
Brian J Preston (The New South Wales Land and Environment Court, Australia)
15. Scientific Uncertainty before the Court of Justice and the General Court: Is the Judicial Toolbox Sufficient?
Mariolina Eliantonio (Maastricht University, the Netherlands) and Michal Krajewski (Maastricht University, the Netherlands)

Conclusions
Mariolina Eliantonio (Maastricht University, the Netherlands), Emma Lees (European University Institute, Italy) and Tiina Paloniitty (University of Helsinki, Finland)

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judicial response; scientific questions; environmental governance; scientific literacy; precautionary principle; environmental regulation; environmental litigation; environmental judicial review