How many times has someone successfully sued for some fractional externality that harms them, and was the suit ever enough to effect change?
Even if there are one or two cases, that's hardly a "long track record" compared to the inability of private citizens to sue to enact meaningful change in climate change, asbestos, leaded gas, fracking, polluted oceans, acid rain, deforestation, lead in the water, chemicals in our food supply, etc etc etc.
Even if there are one or two cases, that's hardly a "long track record" compared to the inability of private citizens to sue to enact meaningful change in climate change, asbestos, leaded gas, fracking, polluted oceans, acid rain, deforestation, lead in the water, chemicals in our food supply, etc etc etc.