How Can Public Influence Zoning Plans to Protect Environment? - Case of the Czech Republic and Indirect Effect of EU Law.

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

How Can Public Influence Zoning Plans to Protect Environment? - Case of the Czech Republic and Indirect Effect of EU Law.

Original language description

This paper aims to introduce legal possibilities of associations in the Czech Republic to influence adoption of zoning plans and to use legal remedies against the already adopted zoning plans. Czech courts did not allow associations to file actions against zoning plans till recent shift in the case law of the Constitutional Court. The paper analyses the reasons for this shift and finds a significant influence of EU law. Further, the paper seeks conditions laid down by recent case law of administrative courts, under which associations and representative of the public are entitled to lodge actions to repeal the zoning plan or part thereof. It aims to define further conditions. Positive effect of international law, namely the Aarhus Convention, enhancing change in the interpretation of Czech legal acts was found. It can be summoned that the position of associations, which promote environmental protection in the Czech Republic, is comparable to European standards.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AG - Legal sciences

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Environmental Science

ISSN

2367-8941

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Volume of the periodical

1

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CY - CYPRUS

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

326-333

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