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22 - Corporate activities and environmental justice: perspectives on Sierra Leone's mining

from Part VI - Corporate activities and trade

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2009

By
Priscilla Schwartz
Edited by
Jonas Ebbesson  and
Phoebe Okowa
Jonas Ebbesson
Affiliation:
Stockholms Universitet
Phoebe Okowa
Affiliation:
Queen Mary University of London
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Summary

Introduction

This chapter explores the concept of justice in environmental law in relation to the regulation of transnational corporate activities from a developing country perspective. First, it will identify the internationally recognised principles of justice in environmental law. Second, it will illustrate the legal character and context in which justice is provided for in the conduct of corporate development activities. Having marked out the different permutations of justice in environmental law, the chapter goes on to examine its practical operation, taking the legal system of Sierra Leone as a case study. The aim here is to determine the extent to which the current legal and institutional structure for regulating corporate activities conforms with generally agreed concepts of justice. A cross-section of the country's mining laws, agreements, corporate initiatives and methods of implementation will form the backdrop for the evaluation. The chapter will also highlight the extent of international influences on corporate mining in Sierra Leone as part of the process for the realisation of environmental justice.

Sierra Leone gained recent prominence on the international arena as a result of the long civil war that engulfed the country between 1991 and 2002. That war, and the setting up of a Special Court to try those responsible for some of the worst atrocities committed during the conflict, has continued to be of interest to the international community.

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Environmental Law and Justice in Context , pp. 429 - 446
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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