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Author McAllister, Lesley K. (Lesley Krista), 1970-2017

Title Making law matter : environmental protection and legal institutions in Brazil / Lesley K. McAllister
Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law Books, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 264 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents Environmental protection and the rule of law -- Strong laws, weak agencies -- Becoming environmental prosecutors -- Confronting impunity -- Making agencies accountable -- Making justice accessible -- Effective enforcement : Brazil and beyond
Summary The Brazilian Ministrio Publico refashioned itself in the 1980s into a powerful defender of citizen rights in environmental protection, as well as in other areas such as disability rights consumer protection and anticorruption. This book explores the Ministrio Publico as a model for other developing countries
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Brazil. Ministério Público Federal.
SUBJECT Brazil. Ministério Público Federal fast
Subject Environmental law -- Brazil
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
LAW -- Environmental.
Environmental law
Milieurecht.
Milieubescherming.
Brazil
Brazilië.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780804783101
0804783101