Impediments for holding transnational corporations criminally liable for environmental damages in Colombia

Because of the environmental problems that transnational companies generatein the world and the lack of responsibility, and even if it is true is not empiricallyproven deterrent function of punishment, the environmental criminal law, as amanifestation of criminal law modern (different from the class...

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Autor Principal: Huertas Díaz & Morales Chinome, Omar & Ricardo
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
Publicado: Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá-Colombia 2015
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Acceso en línea: http://revistas.usta.edu.co/index.php/iusta/article/view/2477
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Sumario: Because of the environmental problems that transnational companies generatein the world and the lack of responsibility, and even if it is true is not empiricallyproven deterrent function of punishment, the environmental criminal law, as amanifestation of criminal law modern (different from the classical liberal criminallaw) has emerged as one (but ineffective) tool to control and punishment by environmentaldegradation of transnational corporations, so it would be necessary tobegin by examining the nature, regulations and performances of these companies,and determine the reasons which make the current environmental criminal lawinsufficient to exercise effective control over them.