Administrative Liability for Environmental Offences: A Comparative Study

• Olga M. Merdova Donetsk Law  Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0769-2364
• Demian V. Smernytskyi State Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6066-0324
• Kostiantyn V. Zaichko State Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5987-3197
• Valerii M. Podoinitsyn State Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8874-1222
• Serhii M. Onyshchenko State Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9944-5995

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3970.27

Keywords: Administrative liability, administrative offence, ecology, environmental offences, environmental protection

Abstract

The article addresses the basic concepts of administrative liability for environmental crimes based on international experience and practice through the investigative method of sociological analysis. Administrative sanctions that have a positive effect on the existing legislation of countries and those that have a positive effect only in certain regions were identified. It is argued that there are administrative and legal norms that do not have much influence and effectiveness in addressing environmental problems based on the structural and comparative research methods of the system. The issue of the consciousness of man and society in violation of environmental law is emphasized as a kind of administrative responsibility due to logical-semantic and formal-logical research methods. The key elements of the effectiveness of administrative responsibility in the field of environmental crimes are highlighted. It is concluded that the analysis of the implementation of environmental policy and its relationship with the practice of administrative responsibility for environmental crimes through the use of a dialectical research method ensures maximum efficiency in the identification of the topics of this study.

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