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- Title
Ecocentrism, Harm and Morality in Environmental Crime Proceedings.
- Authors
White, Rob
- Abstract
Ecocentrism is a perspective that views nature as having value in and of itself and for its own sake. This translates into specific kinds of legal approach and decision-making. This article explores how broad ecocentric principles are put into practice in criminal proceedings dealing with environmental crime. The focus of the article is the ways in which courts undertake ecocentric approaches to criminal breaches of law. Of special interest is how notions of 'harm' and 'morality' pertaining to non-human environmental entities such as rivers, trees and specific ecosystems are interpreted by judicial officers during criminal proceedings. From an ecocentric perspective, this process requires specialist expertise so that the ecological dimensions of harm and morality pertaining to criminal breaches of law can be fully assessed and appropriate sanctions applied.
- Subjects
ENVIRONMENTAL crimes; ETHICS; CRIMINAL procedure; COURT personnel; CRIMINAL law; ECOFEMINISM
- Publication
Neue Kriminalpolitik, 2024, Vol 36, Issue 1, p4
- ISSN
0934-9200
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5771/0934-9200-2024-1-4