Environmental Offences in UK Law
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Doing Justice to the Environment
This article examines some of the characteristic features of environmental offences, in particular the ways in which these offences and their treatment in the courts deviate from general principles...... ... This article examines some of the characteristic features of environmental offences, in particular the ways in which these offences and their ... ...
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Preliminary insights on green criminology in Malaysia
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of environmental offences committed in Malaysia charged under the Environmental Quality Act 1974 (EQA1974). Design/methodology/approach:...... ... –The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of environmental offences committed inMalaysiacharged under the Environmental Quality Act ... ...
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Preliminary insights on green criminology in Malaysia
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of environmental offences committed in Malaysia charged under the Environmental Quality Act 1974 (EQA1974). Design/methodology/approach:...... ... –The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of environmental offences committed inMalaysiacharged under the Environmental Quality Act ... ...
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Revisiting the Role of Negotiation and Trivialization in Environmental Law Enforcement
Using an empirical assessment of the use of enforcement undertakings by the Environment Agency and the engagement of the courts with the recently enacted sentencing guidelines for environmental off...... ... undertakings by the Environment Agency and the engagement of the courts with the recently enacted sentencing guidelines for environmental offences, this article argues that the enforcement of environmental law is undergoing significant change. This change manifests itself in an increased ... ...
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The ecocrime directive and its translation into legal practice
Directive 2008/99/EC, on the protection of the environment through criminal law, was approved after fierce dispute among European institutions. Its aim was to harmonise the definition of environmen...... ... directive and its translation into legal practice EU green offences and their impact at national level according to the results of a recent ... Its aim was to harmonise the definition of environmental offences in the EU and to ensure that they would be punished with ... ...
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Ecocentrism and criminal justice
Ecocentrism refers to valuing nature for its own sake. This ecophilosophical orientation requires that all social practices incorporate ecological sensitivities and heightened awareness of the intr...... ... law and in regards to the prosecution of human subjects for environmental offences. A basic premise of the article is that for those interested in ... ...
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Environmental Enforcement Undertakings and Possible Implications: Responsive, Smarter or Rent Seeking?
Enforcement undertakings have recently been added to the Environment Agency's list of mechanisms available for the enforcement of certain environmental offences. An enforcement undertaking is a wri...... ... have recently been added to the Environment Agency’s list of mechanisms available for the enforcement of certain environmental offences. An enforcement undertaking is a written agreement between the regulator and the offender in which the offender proposes to undertake particular ... ...
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Green groups launch offensive against negligent directors.
...Leading environmental bodies are calling for tougher penalties against company directors who are convicted of environmental offences ... In the past year a record number of directors have been found guilty ... ...
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Criminal Law Legislation Update
... ... The effect of this is that ss 57–59 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 will be repealed on that date and replaced with a new s. 59A ... guidance for judges and magistrates when sen- tencing environmental offences. Responses are requested by 6 June 2013. See ... ...
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Book Review: Corporate Crime
... ... It can be applied to crimes ranging from the commission of environmental offences, embezzlement, to the issuing of false prospectuses" (p 31) ... ...
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