The last decade has seen a spate of judicial activism related to both environment and human rights. Two questions pertinent to recent judicial activism are dealt with in this article: 1. Has judicial activism contributed to environmental justice, in the sense of keeping in view the social implications of environmental problems and equity in access to environmental resources. 2.

What exactly is lost when a language dies? Do we also lose a biotic world-view, the local knowledge and wisdom of which a language is a repository? Is it a coincidence that areas of linguistic and ethnic