Environmental delicts and post-communist private law in Bulgaria: time for reforms in view of UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal?

Can private law contribute to seeking solutions to environmental problems and aligning Bulgaria better with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, which have informed the European Green Deal? This chapter highlights the importance of the procedural right of access to justice in environmental matters as it emerges from international and EU law to better delineate the potential role which tort law can play in supporting environmental protection. Then, it surveys the untidy notion of environmental delict in Bulgarian law. Finally, it suggests what reforms are necessary to help Bulgarian tort law become a useful tool in promoting environmental protection.

This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in The Routledge International Handbook of Equity and Inclusion in Education on May 8, 2024, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9781032662008 .
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