Shahid Beheshti University Advanced Environmental Sciences 3115-7173 5 1 2007 09 23 The Criminal Protection of Environment: A Reflection on the Requirements of the Criminal Environmental Law The Criminal Protection of Environment: A Reflection on the Requirements of the Criminal Environmental Law 94267 FA Mohsen Abdollah Department of Law, Environmental Sciences research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University Journal Article 2015 05 17 <span style="left: 169.6px; top: 883.133px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.05309);" dir="ltr">Nowadays, the environment and its preservation </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 900.333px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.989336);" dir="ltr">are regarded as of such ethical and social value that </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 917.533px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.19637);" dir="ltr">their criminal protection is an indisputable </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 934.733px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.05731);" dir="ltr">necessity. In this regard, the shortconings of tort </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 951.933px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.38244);" dir="ltr">law sanctions and the inefficiency of </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 969.133px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00683);" dir="ltr">environmental administrative law measures reflect </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 986.333px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01408);" dir="ltr">the mentioned necessity. However, the application </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 1003.53px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04304);" dir="ltr">of criminal law for environmental protection can </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 1021.13px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.32179);" dir="ltr">not be free from any requirements and </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 1038.33px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03695);" dir="ltr">consideration. Choosing an appropriate approach </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 1055.53px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0329);" dir="ltr">to adopting criminal sanctions; recognition of the </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 1072.73px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0186);" dir="ltr">criminal responsibility for legal persons including </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 1089.93px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00342);" dir="ltr">corporations; and the establishment of modern and </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 1107.13px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.05592);" dir="ltr">effective monitoring mechanisms are among the </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 1124.33px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.989715);" dir="ltr">said requirements.</span> <span style="left: 169.6px; top: 883.133px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.05309);" dir="ltr">Nowadays, the environment and its preservation </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 900.333px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.989336);" dir="ltr">are regarded as of such ethical and social value that </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 917.533px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.19637);" dir="ltr">their criminal protection is an indisputable </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 934.733px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.05731);" dir="ltr">necessity. In this regard, the shortconings of tort </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 951.933px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.38244);" dir="ltr">law sanctions and the inefficiency of </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 969.133px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00683);" dir="ltr">environmental administrative law measures reflect </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 986.333px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01408);" dir="ltr">the mentioned necessity. However, the application </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 1003.53px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04304);" dir="ltr">of criminal law for environmental protection can </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 1021.13px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.32179);" dir="ltr">not be free from any requirements and </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 1038.33px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03695);" dir="ltr">consideration. Choosing an appropriate approach </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 1055.53px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0329);" dir="ltr">to adopting criminal sanctions; recognition of the </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 1072.73px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0186);" dir="ltr">criminal responsibility for legal persons including </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 1089.93px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00342);" dir="ltr">corporations; and the establishment of modern and </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 1107.13px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.05592);" dir="ltr">effective monitoring mechanisms are among the </span><span style="left: 169.6px; top: 1124.33px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.989715);" dir="ltr">said requirements.</span> https://envs.sbu.ac.ir/article_94267_3eab0bfea790122c9cfd50954e995679.pdf