BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20100314T100000 RDATE:20100314T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20101107T090000 RDATE:20101107T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101018T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101018T133000 LOCATION:Standard Insurance Conference Center\, 900 SW 5th SUMMARY:Saving the Taj Mahal\, and Other Stories from the Frontlines of I ndian Environmental Litigation DESCRIPTION:SAVING THE TAJ MAHALand Other Stories from the Frontlines of Indian Environmental LitigationfeaturingM. C. MehtaM. C. Mehta (http://ww w.dasherm.com/mehta/page3/page3.html) is one of the world's most renowned and successful activists. A lawyer by profession and a committed environ mentalist by choice\, he has made the fight to protect India's environmen t his life's mission. As a pioneer environmental activist he is proof tha t one man can make a difference. Mr. Mehta \; has been a constant th orn in the side of polluting industries for nearly 30 years. In a \; series of high-profile cases\, he forced companies to stop polluting site s such as the Ganges River and Taj Mahal. His litigation formed the found ation for the development of environmental jurisprudence in India and Sou th Asia and established the following seminal principles in Indian law:Th e constitutional right to life extends to the right to a clean and health y environment. Courts are empowered to grant financial compensation as a remedy for the infringement of the right to life. Polluters should be h eld absolutely liable for harm caused by their hazardous activities. Pub lic resources that are sensitive\, fragile or of high ecological value sh ould be maintained and preserved for the public. The government has a re sponsibility to prevent environmental degradation. Even if scientific unc ertainty exists\, the implementation of preventative measures should not be delayed wherever there is the possibility of serious or irreversible d amage. India's "One Man Enviro-legal Brigade" has received several pre stigious awards\, including the Governor's Gold Medal\, the Goldman Envir onmental Prize\, considered an alternative Nobel Prize in USA and Europe\ , the UN's Global 500 Award for 1993 and the Magsaysay Award for Asia for Public Service for 1997. He is the author of "In the Public Interest\," a three-volume set of judgments and orders in 18 public interest cases. Attend this unique CLE to hear Mr. Mehta discuss some of his landmark cas es. To help set the context for Mr. Mehta's talk\, Lewis &\; Clark Law Professor Susan Mandiberg will provide an overview of the major differen ces between Indian Public Interest Litigation and U.S. class actions and citizen suits. \; Lewis &\; Clark Dean Robert Klonoff will also be on hand to introduce Mr. Mehta and moderate a Q&\;A session after the talk.Video interview with M.C. Mehta (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHW D_3Sk1uc) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
SAVING THE TAJ MAHAL
and Other Stories from the Frontlines of Indian Environmen tal Litigation
featuringM. C. Mehta< /strong>
M. C. Mehta is one of the world's most renowned and successful activist s. A lawyer by profession and a committed environmentalist by choice\, he has made the fight to protect India's environment his life's mission. As a pioneer environmental activist he is proof that one man can make a dif ference.
Mr. Mehta \; has been a constant thorn in the side o f polluting industries for nearly 30 years. In a \; series of high-pr ofile cases\, he forced companies to stop polluting sites such as the Gan ges River and Taj Mahal. His litigation formed the foundation for the dev elopment of environmental jurisprudence in India and South Asia and estab lished the following seminal principles in Indian law:
India's "One Man En viro-legal Brigade" has received several prestigious awards\, including t he Governor's Gold Medal\, the Goldman Environmental Prize\, considered a n alternative Nobel Prize in USA and Europe\, the UN's Global 500 Award f or 1993 and the Magsaysay Award for Asia for Public Service for 1997. He is the author of "In the Public Interest\," a three-volume set of judgmen ts and orders in 18 public interest cases.
Attend this unique CLE to hear Mr. Mehta discuss some of his landmark cases. To help set the co ntext for Mr. Mehta's talk\, Lewis &\; Clark Law Professor Susan Mandi berg will provide an overview of the major differences between Indian Pub lic Interest Litigation and U.S. class actions and citizen suits. \; Lewis &\; Clark Dean Robert Klonoff will also be on hand to introduce Mr. Mehta and moderate a Q&\;A session after the talk.
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