The UNF is proud to present the book “NOS BATAILLES POUR L’ENVIRONNEMENT”, co-written by Corinne Lepage, founder of DDHU, and Christian Hugo, available in bookstores since April 28, 2021.
Law is a force. The development of environmental law is one of the crucial issues in the evolution of our society in order to safeguard the habitability of our planet and to protect living things.
This affirmation is the common thread of the unwavering and unwavering commitment of Corinne Lepage and Christian Huglo who for 50 years have worked for the advent of an environmental law that can stand up against the violence of the world and the economic powers. inclined to crush everything in the name of special interests.
Through the pages of this book and the cases which are told, dissected and analyzed, the authors reveal to what extent, thanks to the action of judges, the creativity of lawyers, the responsiveness of scientists supporting citizens and elected officials, locals determined to protect themselves from industry’s assaults on the environment, this right has been able to establish itself not only as a real strength, but also as an important vector of innovation in our societies. Inertia, even blindness to what lies ahead, still remains the rule of dominant political action.
However, qualified as a legal tsunami, the Grande-Synthe judgment rendered on November 19, 2019 by the Council of State, applied by the judgment rendered on February 3, 2021 by the Paris administrative court, recognizes the climate deficiency of the State and therefore hence its responsibility.
The book, written with a breathtaking pace, is a precious tool for legal professionals who will be able to rediscover the remarkable legal and procedural ingenuities deployed by this couple of lawyers to safeguard the interests of those they defend and, in so doing, of the whole society. But it is also a salutary message for all citizens: by telling the story of what was and continues to be the construction of environmental law, a law constantly undermined, Corinne Lepage and Christian Huglo reveal to what extent it is fundamental to mobilize and never give up whatever the obstacles and forces present.
