This project mainly deals with the environmental judicial decisions in European countries, including the European Community, Germany, France, and England. It translates ten leading cases and records thirty cases concerning the environmental protection law for the three countries and one political entity. Totally, one hundred court cases are recorded in this report in addition to forty leading cases. Simultaneously, it analyses these case laws, indicating the main issues raised in these cases and pointing out the ways in which they are discoursed and resolved. Then, these court decisions are compared to those of Taiwan, illustrating the differences and the common features among them. European court decisions indeed provide some remarkable insights for the protection of environment in Taiwan. For instance, both France and Germany recognize that the legal persons, e.g. the foundations or associations engaging in the environmental protection, are entitled to file a lawsuit before a court to claim compensation against the defendants. These can be learned in Taiwan in the future in order to enhance the protection of environment.

dispute settlement,european judicial decision