Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission & the Law-Science Linkage Part 3. The Precautionary Principle, Procedural Fairness and the Public Interest
TAGS: MDB Plan; MDB Royal Commission; risk analysis; concern assessment; procedural fairness; public interest; Rio Declaration; Inter-Governmental Agreement on the Environment The interpretation and application of the precautionary principle, as it is defined in the Water Act, is problematic. The core of this problem is statutory interpretation. Does the legal meaning for the precautionary principle, as defined in the Federal Water Act, effectively integrate law and science to resolve conflict over the MDB Plan? READ MORE ... Dr Ted Christie has had a long association with the precautionary principle: In professional legal practice; research & publication in law & science; and as a Fulbright Professional Scholar (Award as a practising lawyer – “ The Precautionary Principle and Legal Decision-Making ”).