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26 J. Envtl. L. & Litig. 461 (2011)
Righting Environmental Wrongs: Assessing the Role of Legal Systems in Redressing Environmental Grievances

handle is hein.journals/jenvll26 and id is 465 raw text is: JOSH GELLERS* Righting Environmental Wrongs: Assessing the Role of Legal Systems in Redressing Environmental Grievances 1. Overview of Relevant Theories........... ............. 463 A. Theories of Law and Globalization................... 463 B. Theories of Policy Transfer and Diffusion............ 467 II. The Development of Standing Doctrine in the United States................................. 469 III. The Revolution of Locus Standi in Indian Public Interest Litigation .......................................... 475 A. The Development of Environmental Rights in India ..... 477 B. Synthesis ................................ 479 IV. A History of Environmental Law in Japan................ 480 A. First Period .......................... .....480 B. Second Period... ............................. 481 C. Third Period .............................. 484 D. Synthesis .......................... ......487 V. Conclusion. ............... ....................488 During the second half of the twentieth century, many countries fundamentally altered the way in which their legal systems addressed * Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of California, Irvine; M.A., Climate and Society, Columbia University; M.A., Political Science, University of California, Irvine; B.A., Political Science, University of Florida, magna cum laude, valedictorian, and Marshall Scholarship finalist. Josh has served as a researcher for the Global Roundtable on Climate Change and the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions. He has presented research on climate change, environmental law, and environmental ethics at many conferences, including the American Political Science Association and International Studies Association annual meetings. He is a member of the University of California, Irvine Environment Institute's 2011 Sustainability Science Team. [461]