I'm just in the process of taking on an essay for environmental law, the title is:
“Although the increasing amount of environmental information in the public domain has made it easier for both individuals and environmental interest groups to play a role in protecting the environment, rules of substance and procedure still hamper their abilities to use the law as they perhaps should be able to do.”
Discuss.
It's the words i've put in bold that i'm not sure about. I am intending on focusing the essay on cases of judicial review where groups such as Green Peace have not been allowed standing due to lack of sufficient interest. I'm just not certain by what it means by rules of substance.
How would you interpret this?