THE CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL POLICY: A LEGAL-THEORETICAL ANALYSIS
https://doi.org/10.59982/18294359-25.2-bi-09
Abstract
The article is devoted to the foundations of forming the concept of environmental legal policy, the analysis of environmental principles enshrined in international documents, and the development of processes related to environmental protection and sustainable development. It analyzes a number of international documents that define the main directions of environmental protection, current problems of environmental disasters, and the main approaches aimed at their prevention.
Based on objective characteristics, the paper examines the development and implementation of environmental policy by the state, the grounds for the emergence of a person’s environmental rights derived from the adopted international environmental principles, as well as other theoretical and legal issues related to them.
As a result of the analysis, the article provides a definition of state environmental policy as the purposeful activity of state bodies and other institutional structures aimed at regulating the relationship between society and nature. The state’s environmental legal policy is interpreted as a set of legal mechanisms for achieving the goals of the state’s environmental policy.
It also examines the necessity of regulating legal processes during ownership, use of natural resources, and environmental protection, as well as legal frameworks for holding violators accountable for environmental offenses. Finally, it highlights the human right to participate in environmental protection and in developing the mechanisms for such participation.
Keywords: Ecology, environmental protection, environment, environmental policy, principles of environmental policy, environmental law, legal characteristics.
PAGES : 83-96