Email this article General characteristics of legal liability for environmental offences: problematic aspects
- Authors: Demichev A.A.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation
- Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Management – Branch of The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
- Issue: Vol 9, No 2 (2025)
- Pages: 219-225
- Section: Issues of Private and Public Law
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2587-9340/article/view/295325
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.20310/2587-9340-2025-9-2-219-225
- ID: 295325
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Several main problems of the general characteristics of legal liability for environmental offences are highlighted: 1) the existence of specific “legal environmental” liability; 2) the use of the concept of “property responsibility” in Article 79 of the Federal Law “On Environmental Protection”; 3) the mention of disciplinary responsibility in the same article. The opinion is expressed that there is no specific legal environmental liability – all its so-called features fit into the characteristics of administrative and civil liability for violation of legislation in the sphere of natural resource use and environmental protection. The article substantiates the expediency of excluding the mention of property liability from Article 79 of the federal law “On Environmental Protection” and replacing the term “property” with “civil” liability. It is proposed to exclude disciplinary liability from the list of types of liability for violations of legislation in the sphere of nature use and environmental protection, since it does not have any specificity in the environmental sphere and takes place exclusively within the framework of labor legal relations.
About the authors
Alexey A. Demichev
Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation; Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Management – Branch of The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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Email: aadem@bk.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9779-100X
Dr. Sci. (Law), Cand. Sci. (History), Professor, Professor of the Civil Law and Procedure Department; Chief Researcher of the Science Center
Russian Federation, 3 Ankudinovskoe Rte., Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russian Federation; 46 Gagarin Ave., Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russian FederationReferences
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A.A. Demichev – concept development, normative documents analysis, review of current research on the problem, writing – original draft preparation, formulating proposals to improve federal legislation
