A Research Agenda for Environmental Crime and the Law

Name: A Research Agenda for Environmental Crime and the Law
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781803929941
Price: 1576.25 HKD
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Author: Ricardo Pereira; Teresa Fajardo
ISBN: 9781803929941

Edited by Ricardo Pereira · Teresa Fajardo

Edward Elgar Publishing July 2025

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ISBN-13: 9781803929941
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: July 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This Research Agenda identifies emerging priorities and future trends in the field of environmental crime and law, demonstrating how global environmental threats are shaping new academic and legal approaches. It evaluates the current state of scholarship and outlines the evolution of the law, while examining ontological questions about environmental law enforcement.

Chapter authors explore which breaches of environmental law should be criminalized and what types and levels of penalties are optimal for ensuring deterrent effects. Addressing the role of criminal law in environmental protection, they discuss the multi-disciplinarity of the study of environmental crime, shedding light on the criminological and socio-legal contexts in which environmental criminals operate. Leading experts provide insight into key research methodologies and topical themes such as transnational corporate crimes, ecocide, artificial intelligence, biodiversity crime and climate justice.

A Research Agenda for Environmental Crime and the Law is a vital resource for students and academics seeking to understand the state-of-the-art and to push boundaries in criminal law, environmental law, international law and human rights research. Its forward-thinking insights will also greatly benefit policymakers in environmental crime and law enforcement, as well as NGOs and civil society organisations in environmental protection.

Preface xi'; 1.
Introduction: a panoramic view of global environmental criminal law research 1': Ricardo Pereira and Teresa Fajardo; PART I METHODOLOGIES FOR AND THE STATE-OF-THE-ART IN ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMINAL LAW RESEARCH'; 2.
Methods for environmental criminal law research 27': Michael Faure and Sjoerd Lopik'; 3.
Transnational environmental crime across global supply chains: a place for due diligence? 43': Carolyn Abbot and Gary Lynch-Wood'; 4.
Towards a new agenda for ecocide norms adoption and enforcement 65': Thomas Obel Hansen'; 5.
Biodiversity crime 91': Ludwig Krämer'; 6.
The effectiveness of environmental criminal law enforcement 109': Juan Luis Fuentes Osorio'; 7.
Enforceable undertakings as an alternative to prosecution in Australian environmental law enforcement 133': Sarah Wright and Victoria Colvin; PART II GREEN CRIMINOLOGY AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME'; 8.
The global illegal wildlife trade crisis 165': Angus Nurse'; 9.
Environmental harms, ecocidal trends and restorative responses: some interdisciplinary directions 185': Anna Di Ronco and Nigel South'; 10.
A green criminology perspective on animal rights 203': Ragnhild Sollund; PART III PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF LEGAL AND SOCIO-LEGAL RESEARCH: NEW AND EMERGING THEMES IN ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMINAL LAW'; 11.
Climate change and criminal justice 221': Stephan Sina'; 12.
Artificial Intelligence and environmental crime 241': Stefano Porfido and Alberto Quintavalla'; 13.
Imprisonment as an alternative to financial punishments on corporations for environmental offenses 263': Gabriel Hallevy'; 14.
International institutions and the fight against transnational environmental crimes 285': Teresa Fajardo and Ricardo Pereira