
Overview
- Highlights an innovative study on environmental matters concerning the prevention and the fighting of the “historical pollution” caused by industrial emissions
- Discusses effective mechanisms in managing environmental problems in relation with historical pollution
- Develops a detailed description of the historical pollution in the context of the complex relationships among time, pollution, environment, and human health
- Includes comparative criminal justice and alternative justice paradigms for addressing pollution
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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This volume examines legal matters regarding the prevention and fighting of historical pollution caused by industrial emissions. "Historical pollution" refers to the long-term or delayed onset effects of environmental crimes such as groundwater or soil pollution.
Historical Pollution presents and compares national legal approaches, including the most interesting and effective mechanisms for managing environmental problems in relation with historical pollution. It features interdisciplinary and international comparisons of traditional and alternative justice mechanisms.
This book will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice and related areas, such as politics, law, and economics, those in the public and private sectors dealing with environmental protection, including international institutions, corporations, specialized national agencies,those involved in the criminal justice system, and policymakers.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
He is Vice-President of SIDS (Société internationale de Défense sociale), of ARPE (Association de Recherches Pénales Européennes) of ISPAC (International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme). He has published extensively in the fields of European, Comparative and International Criminal Law. He is the author of more than one hundred scientific articles in several languages and has published eleven books in the area of European, International and Comparative Law.
Francesco Centonze is Full Professor of Criminal Law and Business Criminal Law at the University “Cattolica del SacroCuore - Milano”. He is Director of Rivista Italiana di Medicina Legale e del diritto in campo Sanitario, Coordinator for the Master Program in Business Criminal Law at “Cattolica del Sacro Cuore” University and Member of Scientific Committee of Centro Studi «Federico Stella» sulla Giustizia Penale e la Politica Criminale – Università Cattolica di Milano. He has published extensively in the field of Criminal Law and Business Criminal Law. He is the author of several books and scientific articles.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Historical Pollution
Book Subtitle: Comparative Legal Responses to Environmental Crimes
Editors: Francesco Centonze, Stefano Manacorda
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56937-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56936-9Published: 16 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86040-4Published: 13 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56937-6Published: 05 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 464
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, International Environmental Law, Pollution, general, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice