TY - BOOK AU - McAllister,Lesley K. TI - Making law matter: environmental protection and legal institutions in Brazil SN - 9780804783101 AV - KHD3421 .M433 2008 U1 - 344.8104/6 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Stanford, Calif. PB - Stanford Law Books KW - Brazil KW - Ministério Público Federal KW - fast KW - Environmental law KW - LAW KW - Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice KW - bisacsh KW - Environmental KW - Milieurecht KW - gtt KW - Milieubescherming KW - Brazilië KW - Electronic books KW - 7 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index; Environmental protection and the rule of law -- Strong laws, weak agencies -- Becoming environmental prosecutors -- Confronting impunity -- Making agencies accountable -- Making justice accessible -- Effective enforcement : Brazil and beyond; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - The Brazilian Ministrio Publico refashioned itself in the 1980s into a powerful defender of citizen rights in environmental protection, as well as in other areas such as disability rights consumer protection and anticorruption. This book explores the Ministrio Publico as a model for other developing countries UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1055342 ER -