Shape Divider - Style split
|
legal frameworks for...
jurisdictions
|
Environmental Crime is a growing and evolving problem with particular relevance to transnational legal research. Environmental Crime covers a wide variety of legal instruments from constitutions to protected areas, organized crime, money laundering, wildlife, and trade specific legislation. This database is intended to build access to the entire set. To date, full or partial sets have been completed for 165+ countries.
|
Shape Divider - Style split
Shape Divider - Style triangle_asymmetrical
Types of Laws Included*
|
CRIMINAL All laws and provisions directed at defining the criminal penalties and procedures applicable to crimes that directly or indirectly affect the environment.
|
ENVIRONMENTAL All laws that govern the environment generally and that contain some penalty provisions for violations. Among these are the overarching environmental protection laws, environmental impact assessment laws, or another other law directed at conservation generally.
|
NATURAL RESOURCES All laws that are directed at the management of a particular natural resource and that provide penalties (whether criminal, civil or administrative) for harming such resource, i.e., forestry, protected areas, wildlife, plants, etc.
|
* All Legal Atlas topics are dynamic. The types of laws identified here are subject to change as research informs content development.
Shape Divider - Style arrow
Shape Divider - Style arrow