The Mexican Environmental Liability Federal Act establishes a legal process, known as the “judicial procedure for environmental liability”, granting the Federal Attorney’s Office for Environmental Protection (Profepa) the authority to initiate legal actions for the repair of environmental damage. However, Profepa has shown reluctance in pursuing su...
This research paper analyzes the implementation of environmental taxation in the mining sector in the province of Pasco. Current tax policies and practices are examined, as well as their effectiveness in mitigating negative impacts derived from mining activities. Data on pollution, soil degradation and water resources are collected and analyzed, ev...
Este artículo narra una investigación decididamente interdisciplinaria sobre los daños a la biodiversidad en Bélgica, donde las ciencias de la vida (en este caso, la biología) y las ciencias humanas (en este caso, la criminología) se alían y confrontan. La contribución es primordialmente epistemológica: ¿cómo las ciencias de la vida y las ciencias ...
What is the function of the utilitas publica category in the writings of the classical jurists? Firstly, it serves to legitimate leges publicae, as in the case of Augustus’ lex Iulia et Papia. Secondly, utilitas publica is cited as the ratio¬nale of a given lex publica for the purpose of its interpretation. Thirdly, it is a guideline for the creati...
Thanks to the slow but decisive evolution of the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Council combined with that of the Council of State, environmental law is a branch of law to be “seriously taken”, even in the economic sectors most vulnerable to lobbying. Part of this seriousness is due to its growing connection with the right to health (in its pu...
The general objective of the research is to design an Environmental Management System in the UEB Turquino Conservation and Vegetable Company to contribute to the increase in the quality of its services, to the protection of the environment and to sustainable local development. The investigation arises due to the need to resolve the shortcomings in ...
Since 2013, several Autonomous Communities (Cantabria, La Rioja, Navarra and Catalonia) have passed laws that regulate the express prohibition of fracking in their territories. This prohibition is based in autonomy competences over town and country planning and housing; environmental protection management; health and hygiene and organisation of min...
The distinction between form and substance based on watertight, rigid criteria has experienced a renewed actuality owing to a series of controversial international judgments that have introduced disproportionate formal requirements in the field of public international Law. These new formal conditions have put into question the traditional informal ...
The paper analyzes the Italian legal regime of public natural goods and natural heritage. To address this issue, the essay reconstructs firstly the legal frameworks of natural domain, starting from Civil code, of protected natural heritage (specially focused on UNESCO legislation), of protected natural areas and landscape goods. Furthermore, are hi...
The increasing environmental devastation of the Amazon jungle constitutes a direct violation of the right to a healthy environment of current and future generations. Despite a significant environmental regulation, the figures of deforestation show a discouraging panorama. Through a legal action aimed at protecting fundamental rights (tutela), the p...
