nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210615-193526-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210615s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210615-193526-0 doi eng 342 23 Kampourakis, Ioannis Author aut The Power of Open Norms Milieudefensie et. al. v Royal Dutch Shell Kampourakis, Ioannis Verfassungsblog 2021-06-15 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In a judgement of 26 May, the District Court of the Hague found that Royal Dutch Shell has an “individual responsibility” to limit its carbon emissions by at least 45 percent by 2030. Notable about the ruling is the unwritten standard of care functioning as an open norm, facilitating the accountability of private power. The openness of legal categories not only entails a potential to drive forward social change, but it also implicitly highlights the political role and nature of private law. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 climate change climate change litigation Paris Agreement Shell Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-power-of-open-norms/ raw object