The Evolution of Dynamic Justice in the Lijiang River Basin in China

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10.2991/978-2-38476-380-1_47How to use a DOI?

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Environmental Justice; Dynamic Justice; Lijiang River Basin; “Three-in-one” Trial Mechanism

Abstract

Judicial activism is deeply embedded in the area of environmental issues. In recent years, the Lijiang River Protection Tribunal has effectively utilized judicial activism in its trials and has achieved notable success in the “three-in-one” centralized jurisdiction trial system. Nonetheless, shortcomings remain: from the external arrangement, the current jurisdictional distribution does not encompass complete basin protection, the court’s organizational framework struggles to align with the specialization of environmental justice; concerning the specific trial domains, the current evaluation and identification mechanisms impede the advancement of criminal trial processes, while the traditional administrative litigation trial jurisdiction finds it challenging to safeguard public interest. This study employs qualitative meta-analysis to examine the theoretical discussions, current issues, and potential solutions surrounding environmental energy justice in the Lijiang River Basin. The findings of this study indicated that to fully harness judicial activism, we need to rebuild the environmental jurisdiction across the entire basin from a macro perspective and reorganize the structure of specialized environmental courts; from a micro perspective, we ought to enhance the evaluation and assessment system to advance criminal trials and expand the approach of administrative public interest litigation to safeguard public interest. By implementing the aforementioned programs, the environmental judicial protection framework in the Lijiang River Basin is enhanced, and a more accurate pathway for judicial activation for Lijiang River Basin.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Tianze Huo
AU  - Liuyi Yang
AU  - Howe Eng Tang
AU  - Baiming Liao
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/03/18
TI  - The Evolution of Dynamic Justice in the Lijiang River Basin in China
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Culture, Design and Social Development (CDSD 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 421
EP  - 432
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-380-1_47
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-380-1_47
ID  - Huo2025
ER  -