Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Strategic Regulatory Instruments in Environmental Law of Russia

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2020 13 (10)
Authors
Krasnova, Irina O.; Vlasenko, Valery N.
Contact information
Krasnova, Irina O.: Russian State University of Justice Moscow, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000-0003-4074-404X; Vlasenko, Valery N.: Russian State University of Justice Moscow, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000-0001-7479-2774
Keywords
strategic documents; environmental law; use of natural resources; Ecological Doctrine; environmental security; national policy of ecological development; pollution fees; economic security
Abstract

At the moment, there are new types of legal acts emerging in environmental law of Russia. Despite the vague legal nature of the strategic documents, they are gaining relevance in regulating environmental relationship though the regulation by strategic documents has become an uncontrolled and unpredictable process. This article reviews strategic and political documents addressing protection of the environment, environmental security and nature use. It points out the necessity to find their place within the system of environment-related legal acts to build a clear hierarchy in the system, to raise the efficiency of laws and to create a functional enforcement mechanism. The authors suggest two options: to adopt a separate legislative act on the national environmental policy or to introduce a separate chapter into the Federal Law “On Environmental Protection”, or alternatively, to carry out codification of the adopted strategic instruments

Pages
1671–1678
DOI
10.17516/1997-1370-0673
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/137547

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