Victims of Environmental Harm - Rights, Recognition and Redress Under National and International Law

This book discusses the intersection of victimology and international environmental law, exploring the role of the state and how the impacts of environmental harm are (often unequally) distributed amongst the world's populations.

Sommario

1. Victims, Environmental Harm and International Law 2. Identifying and Conceptualising the Victims of Environmental Harm 3. Environmental Victims Across Jurisdictions: Criminal Law and State Responsibility 4. Human Rights, Victim Rights, Environmental Rights? 5. Responding to Environmental Victimisation: Compensation, Restitution and Redress 6. Mapping out a Green Victimology.

Info autore

Matthew Hall obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield in 2007, having previously graduated from Sheffield's MA in International Criminology Programme. He is now senior lecturer in Law and Criminal Justice at Sheffield where he teaches many aspects of criminology, as well as criminal law and the law of evidence. He is an editor for the International Review of Victimology.

Riassunto

This book discusses the intersection of victimology and international environmental law, exploring the role of the state and how the impacts of environmental harm are (often unequally) distributed amongst the world’s populations.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Matthew Hall, Matthew (University of Derby Hall, Matthew (University of Sheffield Hall
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2013
• EAN: 9780415677004
• ISBN: 978-0-415-67700-4
• Pagine: 202
• Serie: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto penale, diritto processuale penale, criminologia; Sociology, Globalization, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Politics & government, Political Economy, Politics and government, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminal justice law