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Ecocentrism is a perspective that views nature as having value in and of itself and for its own sake. This translates into specific kinds of legal approach and decision-making. This article explores how broad ecocentric principles are put into...

While the criminological examination of climate change-related phenomena has hardly received attention in German-language Criminology, an independent branch of research has emerged in the Anglophone world in the course of the last decade. The aim of...

In October 2023, the Federal Ministry of the Interior presented a draft bill for a “Repatriation Improvement Act”, which was supplemented in November 2023 by a drafting aid provided to the members of the governing coalition in the German...

In German criminal proceedings, it is possible to impose a written sentence without a main hearing. If defendants appeal against this, there is a main hearing after all. However, various principles of criminal procedure law only apply to a limited...

In many cases, trade is prohibited (e.g. human trafficking, trade in psychotropic substances) or strictly regulated by criminal or environmental laws (arms trade, trade in flora and fauna). Scientific studies can draw on the unlawfulness or on the...

In a legal system committed to sustainability, there is a need for a concept of environmental criminal law that aims to limit environmental pollution or endangerment through criminal sanctions in national, European, or global market regulations. The...

It is little known that the instrument of direct marketing via vending machines is the target of criminal acts. It is known, however, that farmers use direct marketing vending machines to offer their goods to the customer. The aim of this article is...

Farms in England and Wales continue to have low levels of crime prevention measures in use despite the increasing threat, and what is used is often ineffective. Farm crime in England and Wales is becoming increasingly organised in its nature, as...