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Access to justice in environmental matters in Italy – an incentive for new specialists

Eva Maschietto

elni Review 2017, Issue 2, pp. 49-53. https://doi.org/10.46850/elni.2017.007

This article casts some light on the Italian access to justice perspective that appears to be peculiar for its historical and political context. Without any purport of completeness, the article aims at sketching some of the instruments that the Italian legal system has rendered available to individuals, environmental organisations and public agencies representing citizens and residents. These instruments address some of the most important aspects of environmental matters, disputes and effective barriers which are still present in the system, along with some potential solutions for the way forward.

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