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Victims of environmental harm
Title statement Victims of environmental harm : rights, recognition and redress under national and international law / Matthew Hall Personal name Hall, Matthew, 1975- (author) Publication Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013 Phys.des. 1 online zdroj (217 stran) ISBN 9781136185069 1136185062 9780415677004 (hardback) 0415677009 (hardback) 9781299279438 (MyiLibrary) 1299279430 (MyiLibrary) Edition Routledge frontiers of criminal justice Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Victims, environmental harm and international law; 1.1 Introduction and goals of this book; 1.2 Theoretical perspectives; 1.3 The role of the state and of international law; 1.4 Summary and book structure; 2 Identifying and conceptualizing the victims of environmental harm; 2.1 Investigating environmental victimization and its impacts; 2.2 Victims as offenders, offenders as victims; 2.3 Inequalities in the impacts of environmental victimization. Content note 2.4 Environmental victims as victims of abuse of power?2.5 Ways forward; 3 Environmental victims across jurisdictions: criminal law and state responsibility; 3.1 The challenges of incorporating environmental harms into criminal law; 3.2 Victims of environmental harm in domestic criminal justice systems; 3.3 Victims of environmental harm in European criminal justice; 3.4 Beyond Europe: the 1985 UN declaration and international law; 3.5 International criminal law: prospects for the International Criminal Court; 3.6 State responsibility for environmental degradation under international law.. 3.7 Conclusions and ways forward4 Human rights, victim rights, environmental rights?; 4.1 Conceptualizing victims' rights; 4.2 The human rights of environmental victims; 4.3 Victim participation?; 4.4 Discussion and ways forward; 5 Responding to environmental victimization: compensation, restitution and redress; 5.1 What do victims of environmental crime want? What do they need?; 5.2 Mechanisms of redress; 5.3 International influences on compensation and restitution for victims of environmental harm; 5.4 Restorative options; 5.5 Conclusions and ways forward; 6 Mapping out a green victimology.. 6.1 Is criminal justice the solution?6.2 What are the limitations of current provisions for environmental victims?; 6.3 Environmental victims: the need for an interdisciplinary approach; 6.4 Green victimology; 6.5 Final conclusions; Notes; References; Index. Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Note Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web Defekty eBooks on EBSCOhost Subj. Headings environmentální kriminalita offenses against the environment * oběti trestných činů victims of crimes * náhrada škody reparations Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Conspect 343 - Trestní právo UDC 343.3/.7:502/504 , 343.3/.7-058.6 , 343.296 , (0.034.2:08) Country Spojené státy americké Language angličtina Document kind Electronic sources URL http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=547129 book
In recent years, the increasing focus on climate change and environmental degradation has prompted unprecedented attention being paid towards the criminal liability of individuals, organisations and even states for polluting activities. These developments have given rise to a new area of criminological study, often called 'green criminology'. Yet in all the theorising that has taken place in this area, there is still a marked absence of specific focus on those actually suffering harm as a result of environmental degradation. This book represents a unique attempt to substantively conceptuali.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Victims, environmental harm and international law; 1.1 Introduction and goals of this book; 1.2 Theoretical perspectives; 1.3 The role of the state and of international law; 1.4 Summary and book structure; 2 Identifying and conceptualizing the victims of environmental harm; 2.1 Investigating environmental victimization and its impacts; 2.2 Victims as offenders, offenders as victims; 2.3 Inequalities in the impacts of environmental victimization.2.4 Environmental victims as victims of abuse of power?2.5 Ways forward; 3 Environmental victims across jurisdictions: criminal law and state responsibility; 3.1 The challenges of incorporating environmental harms into criminal law; 3.2 Victims of environmental harm in domestic criminal justice systems; 3.3 Victims of environmental harm in European criminal justice; 3.4 Beyond Europe: the 1985 UN declaration and international law; 3.5 International criminal law: prospects for the International Criminal Court; 3.6 State responsibility for environmental degradation under international law.3.7 Conclusions and ways forward4 Human rights, victim rights, environmental rights?; 4.1 Conceptualizing victims' rights; 4.2 The human rights of environmental victims; 4.3 Victim participation?; 4.4 Discussion and ways forward; 5 Responding to environmental victimization: compensation, restitution and redress; 5.1 What do victims of environmental crime want? What do they need?; 5.2 Mechanisms of redress; 5.3 International influences on compensation and restitution for victims of environmental harm; 5.4 Restorative options; 5.5 Conclusions and ways forward; 6 Mapping out a green victimology.6.1 Is criminal justice the solution?6.2 What are the limitations of current provisions for environmental victims?; 6.3 Environmental victims: the need for an interdisciplinary approach; 6.4 Green victimology; 6.5 Final conclusions; Notes; References; Index.
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