Overview
- Discusses timely topics and challenges at the leading edge of social and legal discussions about green issues
- Incorporates discussions around the revolving respect for indigenous perspectives question of rights
- Explores the interaction between humans, the environment, and non-human animals
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology (PSGC)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Reconsidering Legal Actors and Institutional Mechanisms
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Challenging Legislation and Legal Regulations
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Retracing Legal Rights and Responsibilities
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Future Directions for Green Criminology and Law
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About this book
This edited collection is grounded in a green criminological approach to understand whether the law, both in effect and implications, reflects, refracts, or sublimates the social, political and ecological conditions of our times. Since its initial proposal in the 1990s, green criminology has focused the criminological gaze on a wide array of harms and crimes affecting humans, animals other than humans, ecological systems, and the planet as a whole. As a continuously blossoming field of criminological inquiry, green criminology recognizes and examines behaviours that are both illegal and legal (yet detrimental), and in varying ways has made great efforts to provide insight into harms in a more fulsome manner. At the same time, there have been many significant legal instances, domestic, and international, including case law, legislation, regulation, treaties, agreements and executive directives which have troubled the law’s understanding of green harms, illegal and legal activity, pushing legal boundaries in the process. Recognizing that humanity and nature are inextricably integrated, Green Criminology and the Law reflects the range and depth of high-quality research and scholarship, combining contributions from established scholars willing to explore new topics and recent entrants who are breaking new scholarly ground.
Reviews
“Green Criminology and the Law is a fantastic collection of insightful chapters, all of which offer crucial theoretical and empirical insights on vitally important topics. A much needed intervention that will make the field even more relevant to students, scholars and the wider public in these times of ecological crisis.” (Damien Short, Professor, University of London, UK)
“Throughout the past three decades Green Criminology has continued to expand and develop in ways that have captured the international scholastic imagination. The ongoing success of the green criminological enterprise is its ability to harness multi-disciplinary narratives and expertise to address the complex issues that threaten, compromise and eradicate the diverse ecosystems of the world's essential natural environments. This innovative text, draws on global socio-legal expertise to demonstrate how the discipline of law can and must contribute to ongoing environmental protection and preservation. This book is truly ground-breaking and its insightful and cutting-edge content is a must read for anyone and everyone concerned with redressing planetary demise and species existence - an outstanding achievement.” (Reece Walters, Professor, Deakin University, Australia)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
James Gacek is Assistant Professor in the Department of Justice Studies at the University of Regina, Canada.
Richard Jochelson is Professor and Dean of Law at Robson Hall Law School in the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba, Canada.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Green Criminology and the Law
Editors: James Gacek, Richard Jochelson
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82412-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82411-2Published: 22 December 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82414-3Published: 23 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-82412-9Published: 01 January 2022
Series ISSN: 2946-269X
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2703
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 415
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Critical Criminology, Civil Law, Crime Control and Security, Human Rights, Political Sociology, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law