Abstract
This paper presents the current state of the environmental criminal law in Chile. It begins with a critical assessment of the criminal offenses granting protection to the environment in our country. This will provide a framework to analyze the empirical data regarding the prosecution of these offenses during the last decade in Chile. Lastly, we will refer to high-profile cases. This work seeks to demonstrate the hypothesis that - despite recent legal modifications - there is no effective criminal environmental law in Chile.
| Translated title of the contribution | The prosecution of environmental criminality in Chile: A dogmatic and empirical study |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 69-98 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| Journal | Revista de Derecho Ambiental(Chile) |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 17 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2022 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Environment
- Medioambiente
- criminal prosecution
- criminalidad ambiental
- environmental criminality
- persecución penal