Summary
Contents
Subject index
After defining environmental crime and discussing the extent of the environmental crisis, this book explores the causes, investigation, prosecution and prevention of all types of environmental crime.
Criminal Law and the Environment
Criminal Law and the Environment
An environmental crime is an unauthorized act or omission that violates the law and is therefore subject to criminal prosecution and sanctions. Not all flagrant disregard of the environment is criminal, however; it must be specified as crime by the law. As discussed in Chapter 1, the Latin dictum nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege—there can be no crime and no punishment except as the law prescribes—applies here. Environmental criminal law defines environmental crime.
Understanding Criminal Law
There are two types of criminal law: substantive and procedural. Substantive criminal law, typically embodied in state criminal codes, defines the “wrongful” behavior of citizens and stipulates corresponding punishments. Crimes are committed not only against individuals but at the same time ...
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