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Volume 16 : Issue 3
ISSN 0966 2030
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Articles Case Commentaries
The emergence of European Union environmental criminal U.S. Supreme Court rules punitive damages award in Exxon
law: a quest for solid foundations – Part I Valdez excessive: punitive award should align with
MARTIN HEDEMANN-ROBINSON Senior Lecturer in European compensatory damages
Law, University of Kent Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker
It now appears likely that the EU will adopt a supranational legal instrument 554 U.S._(2008); U.S., No. 07-219, June 25, 2008
in 2008 on the subject of criminal policy. Such a step will be a profound GREGORY J. BATTISTA Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, USA 104104
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constitutional moment for the EU. The aim of this two-part article is to provide
an analysis of the emergence of EU legislation intended to combat
The Habitats Regulations 1994 – High Court clarity
environmental crime; it focuses on the extent to which the EU has provided
R (Hart District Council) v Secretary of State for Communities and
adequate legal and political justification for such legislation and traces its
Local Government
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Taking the horse to water but will it drink? Transposing the
Environmental Liability Directive in Scotland
ANTJE BROWN Department of Politics, University of Stirling Current Survey
This article explores how the young devolved transposition network in
European Union
Scotland has processed the Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) to date. The
MARTIN HEDEMANN-ROBINSON University of Kent, Canterbury
ELD is a complex document which poses many challenges for legislators and
practitioners and Scottish stakeholders have addressed these challenges in Key policy developments
their own particular way. This article provides an update on the policy
Atmospheric pollution (aviation included in ETS, EU report on meeting
response in Scotland and offers some wider conclusions on multilevel
Kyoto targets, EU emissions trading data, PM10 pollution) .......... CS46
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governance, stakeholder relations, and environmental policy practices. ...... 9292 9292
Biodiversity and nature conservation ............................................ CS49
Water policy ................................................................................. CS50
The UK draft Marine Bill Waste policy................................................................................. CS51
SARAH WOTTON Associate, Bircham Dyson Bell Sustainable consumption ............................................................. CS51
The draft Marine Bill was published in April 2008 to introduce a new Environmental Crime Directive, chemicals import and export........ CS52
framework for the seas based on marine spatial planning and balancing
Law Enforcement Issues ............................................................... CS53
conservation, energy and resource needs. This overview outlines the main
provisions in the Bill, questions whether the proposals will deliver and EU Legislation Update .................................................................. CS58
pinpoints a number of issues that are not coherently addressed. ................ 9999 9999
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