Environmental SLAPPs in the UK: threat or opportunity?

Hilson, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4114-6471 (2016) Environmental SLAPPs in the UK: threat or opportunity? Environmental Politics, 25 (2). pp. 248-267. ISSN 1743-8934 doi: 10.1080/09644016.2015.1105176

Abstract/Summary

Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) brought against the environmental movement in the UK since the 1990s are examined. SLAPPs, a form of Green backlash, have been mobilised across a wide range of policy areas that have seen vigorous campaigning and protest by the movement, including roads, GMOs and, more recently, climate change. SLAPPs are typically regarded as a threat, designed to close down democratic free speech and protest. However, in the UK, there are some notable cases where the environmental movement has been able to use agency to convert what may appear as a legal threat into a positive legal or media opportunity.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/44535
Identification Number/DOI	10.1080/09644016.2015.1105176
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Law
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
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