Environmental Politics & Law: Cases & Disputes

Use this filtered search in LexisNexis to find federal and state cases. It will retrieve court case information from all U.S. states as well as the Supreme Court. Search by keyword for the environmental issue you're researching.

This website is a project of Professor Ronald Mitchell from the University of Oregon. It contains relevant MEAs, other international environmental regime information, and a limited list of related literature.

"International law intersects with issues relating to the environment, health, science, and technology in a variety of ways. A growing number of multilateral international conventions address issues that touch on many or all of these topics. International and regional organizations are joining domestic governments in tackling these issues, which often encompass trans-border phenomena, such as climate change, natural resource exploitation, the Internet, privacy and data encryption, cyber security and crime, maritime border issues, and sustainable development."

A listing of all of the cases brought to the International Court of Justice since 1946. They are listed by the date the case was introduced.

Find cases, dockets, contentious cases, proceedings and a schedule of hearings from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

Find pending and past cases from the Permanent Court of Arbitration, an intergovernmental organization with 115 member states. Established in 1899 to facilitate arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution between states.

A listing of disputes settled by or under consultation at the World Trade Organization.