SLAPP suits: an emerging obstacle to public interest environmental litigation in South Africa

dc.contributor.author	Murombo, Tumai
dc.contributor.author	Valentine, Heinrich
dc.date.accessioned	2012-07-19T08:28:29Z
dc.date.available	2012-07-19T08:28:29Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier.citation	2011 SAJHR	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	0258-7203
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11699
dc.description.abstract	One of the strategies to protect the environment is through public interest environmental litigation supported by democratic participation in environmental decision making. However, there are emerging threats to such litigation including strategic litigation against public participation (SLAPP suits). Courts should use existing procedural and substantive legal tools to protect litigants faced with SLAPP suits.	en_ZA
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Juta	en_ZA
dc.subject	Public interest litigation, Environmental litigation, Environmental rights, SLAPP suits	en_ZA
dc.title	SLAPP suits: an emerging obstacle to public interest environmental litigation in South Africa	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA