Interpreting environmental offences : the need for certainty /
This book analyses the interpretation of environmental offences contained in the waste, contaminated land, and habitats' protection regimes. It concludes that the current purposive approach to interpretation has produced an unacceptable degree of uncertainty. Such uncertainty threatens complian...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; Portland, Oregon :
Hart Publishing,
[2015]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book analyses the interpretation of environmental offences contained in the waste, contaminated land, and habitats' protection regimes. It concludes that the current purposive approach to interpretation has produced an unacceptable degree of uncertainty. Such uncertainty threatens compliance with rule of law values, inhibits predictability, and therefore produces a scenario which is unacceptable to the wider legal and business community. The author proposes that a primarily linguistic approach to interpretation of the relevant rules should be adopted. In so doing, the book analyses the a. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781782259114 1782259112 9781474203449 1474203442 9781782259121 1782259120 |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9781474203449 |