In 2006, a local government council in Pennsylvania concerned about sewage sludge dumping enacted the Western legal system’s first formal “rights of nature” instrument. Today, numerous countries have laws recognizing specific rights or even legal personhood for nature. As legal expert Alice Bleby explains, this new perspective arises from a wide range of contexts and plays out
This article answers some of the key questions surrounding oil exploration and production in Ecuador, including licensing requirements, royalties and joint ventures.
The Constitutional Court of Ecuador (the "Court") has recently ruled on a series of constitutional actions brought against the development of mining projects in Ecuador (the "Decisions").
After re-joining the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Convention in June, Ecuadorian Executive Decree No. 165 in August introduced Regulations to add to and improve the existing legal framework for arbitration.