Historical Pollution

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.

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

Auteur
Stefano Manacorda (BA University of Naples; LLM Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne; PhD University of Florence), is a professor of Criminal Law at the University of Naples and Visiting Professor at Queen Mary University of London.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.

Contenu
Foreword.- Chapter 1: Preventing and Sanctioning Historical Pollution beyond Criminal Law: An Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Contribution of Green Criminology to the Analysis of Historical Pollution.- Chapter 3: Historical Pollution: In Search of a Legal Definition.- Chapter 4: Historical Pollution and Criminal Law in Italy. Threatening Criminal Justice Principles in the Name of Effective Enforcement?.- Chapter 5: Historical Pollution under scrutiny in the Italian Criminal Case Law.- Chapter 6: Historical Pollution and corporate liability in the Italian criminal law.- Chapter 7: Italian Administrative Regulation and Responsibility for Historical Pollution.- Chapter 8: Historical Pollution and Criminal Liability in the United States.- Chapter 9: Historical Pollution in the United Kingdom (England and Wales): The Residual Role Played by Criminal Law.- Chapter 10: Historical Pollution in Spain. A Powerful Legal Framework for a Few Past Cases.- Chapter 11: Confronting Historical Pollution in Germany: The Predominant Role of Administrative Law and Its Focus on Getting Results.- Chapter 12: The Approach to Historical Pollution in France Remedy, Compensate and Punish.- Chapter 13: Historical Pollution and Human Rights Violations: Is There a Role for Criminal Law?.- Chapter 14: Historical Pollution and Long-Term Liability: A Global Challenge Needing an International Approach?.