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Prawny system gospodarki odpadami w lasach państwowych w Polsce
Legal System of Waste Management in State Forests in Poland

Author(s): Anna Barczak
Subject(s): Criminology, Environmental interactions, Sociology of Law
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: environmental protection; forests; municipal waste management; criminal liability;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to characterize waste management as seen in examples of municipal waste that is generated in national forests. This objective is closely accompanied by the research problem worded as follows: Does the legal system of waste management have a separate character? What is criminal liability for dropping municipal waste in forests like? Are the values of prohibition of littering in forests, recognized by the legislator, shared in community life and in culture? The achievement of the research goal and the solving of the scientific problem served to formulate a research hypothesis that attempts to seal the municipal waste collection system do not suffice to eliminate “illegal dump sites” in forests. Three methods of investigating law are employed to achieve these scholarly effects, that is the method of analysis of the law in force and the methods of axiological and sociological investigation of law.

  • Issue Year: 32/2022
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 7-25
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish