| ID | 096590 |
| Title Proper | Agency empowerment through the administrative litigation law |
| Other Title Information | court enforcement of pollution levies in Hubei Province |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Zhang, Xuehua ; Ortolano, Leonard ; Zhongmei Lu |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | assistance in enforcing administrative decisions. Focusing on court enforcement of pollution levies, this study examines how and why ALL has been employed so extensively by administrative agencies, environmental protection bureaus (EPBs) in this context. The study is based on interviews with judges, EPB officials and polluters involved in court actions as well as court statistical data from 1992 to 2005 for Hubei province. EPBs' heavy reliance on court enforcement for collecting pollution levies and fines resulted from incentives that encouraged the formation of mutually beneficial relationships between courts and EPBs in the 1990s. Court involvement has enhanced EPBs' enforcement powers, but the courts' engagement in enforcement has neither curtailed EPBs' arbitrary exercise of discretionary power nor induced polluters to reduce waste discharges. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Quarterly No. 202; Jun 2010: p307-326 |
| Journal Source | China Quarterly No. 202; Jun 2010: p307-326 |
| Key Words | Pollution Levis ; Hubei Province ; Waste Discharges ; China |