Environmental crime : pollution and wildlife enforcement / Jared C. Bennett, Adjunct Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bennett, Jared C., author.

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Series:

Aspen select series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Offenses against the environment--Law and legislation--United States.

Offenses against the environment.

Pollution--Law and legislation--United States--Criminal provisions.

Pollution.

Wildlife conservation--Law and legislation--United States--Criminal provisions.

Wildlife conservation.

Hazardous wastes--Law and legislation--United States--Criminal provisions.

Hazardous wastes.

Liability for environmental damages--United States.

Liability for environmental damages.

Criminal intent.

Hazardous wastes--Law and legislation.

Wildlife conservation--Law and legislation.

Pollution--Law and legislation.

Offenses against the environment--Law and legislation.

United States.

Criminal intent--United States.

Hazardous wastes--Law and legislation--Criminal provisions.

Pollution--Law and legislation--Criminal provisions.

Wildlife conservation--Law and legislation--Criminal provisions.

Genre:

Casebooks (Law)

Physical Description:

xx, 402 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Wolters Kluwer, [2019]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Why Environmental Crime?

A. Real Life Examples

B. The Legal Response to These Examples

C. Introducing the Criminal Enforcers of Environmental Law

D. The Debate Over Criminal Environmental Enforcement

1. The Nature of Environmental Law

Environmental Crime at the Crossroads: The Intersection of Environmental and Criminal Law Theory / Kathleen F. Brickey

2. Core Criminal Concepts

Environmental Crime: Law, Policy, Prosecution / Kathleen F. Brickey

3. The Relationship Between Criminal and Civil Environmental Enforcement

Does "Unlawful" Mean "Criminal"?: Reflections on the Disappearing Tort/Crime Distinction in American Law / John C. Coffee Jr.

Prosecutorial Discretion and Environmental Crime / David M. Uhlmann

ch. 2 Prosecutorial Discretion and Charging

A. Investigatory Discretion

Environmental Protection Agency: The Exercise of Investigative Discretion

B. Prosecutorial Discretion

Justice Manual: Principles of Federal Prosecution

Justice Manual: Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations

Factors in Decisions on Criminal Prosecutions for Environmental Violations in the Context of Significant Voluntary Compliance or Disclosure Efforts by the Violator

C. The Federal Grand Jury

1. The Nature and Composition of the Grand Jury

2. The Grand Jury's Investigatory Powers

3. The Grand Jury's Indictment Authority

United States v. Navarro-Vargas

ch. 3 Mens Rea in Environmental Crimes

A. Willful

United States v. Henderson

United States v. Hairs ton

B. Knowing

1. Knowledge of the Facts

United States v. Ahmad

United States v. Kelley Technical Coatings, Inc.

2. Knowledge of Jurisdictional Facts

United States v. Cooper

3. Knowledge of the Law

Liparota v. United States

United States v. Sinskey

4. Willful Blindness

United States v. Wasserson

5. Collective Knowledge

United States v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

C. Criminal Negligence

United States v. Ortiz

D. Strict Liability

United States v. Corrow

ch. 4 Theories of Liability for Individuals and Organizations

A. Theories of Individual Liability

1. Principal Liability

Case Study: Spearmint Smuggling

2. Conspirator Liability

United States v. Wells

3. Responsible Corporate Officer

United States v. Park

United States v. Iverson

B. Corporate Liability

1. Scope of Authority

United States v. Hilton Hotels Corp.

2. Benefit of the Corporation

United States v. Gold

Preet Bharara, Corporations Cry Uncle and Their Employees Cry Foul: Rethinking Prosecutorial Pressure on Corporate Defendants

ch. 5 Water Pollution

A. Direct Discharges

1. Pollutant

2. Point Source

United States v. Plaza Health Laboratories, Inc.

3. Navigable Waters

United States v. Rapanos

4. Mens Rea and the Permit Requirement

United States v. Weitzenhoff

B. Publicly Owned Treatment Works

1. Pretreatment Standards

a. Owner and Operator of a Source

b. In Violation of Pretreatment Standards

Case Study: Dirty Trucks

EPA's Specific Prohibitions

United States v. Hajduk

Affirmative Defenses to the General and Some Specific Prohibitions

POTW Specific Prohibitions

2. POTW Requirements

Case Study: Big Gold

3. The POTW and Sewer System Catchall

Case Study: Bad Bio-diesel in the Sewer

C. Wetlands

Case Study: Shovel Party in Illinois

D. Knowing Endangerment

United States v. Borowski

E. Dishonest Acts

ch. 6 Air Pollution

A. The Dual Mens Rea

United States v. Fern

B. National Ambient Air Quality Standards

C. New Source Review

D. New Source Performance Standards

Case Study: Incinerators in the World's Biggest Little City

E. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

1. NESHAP Enforcement: Asbestos

United States v. Dipentino

United States v. San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

2. Knowing and Negligent Endangerment

United States v. Hamilton

F. Atmospheric Ozone Protection

Case Study: Air Conditioner Theft Gone Wrong

G. Title V Permits

United States v. Tonawanda Coke Corporation

H. Dishonest Acts

Case Study: Big Pipe and SO2

ch. 7 Hazardous Wastes and Substances

A. Hazardous Waste Enforcement

1. Proving the Material is Hazardous Waste

a. Is the Material a Solid Waste?

b. Is the Solid Waste Hazardous?

United States v. Richter

United States v. Self

2. Storage, Treatment, and Disposal of Hazardous Waste

a. Disposal and Storage

Case Study: There's Gold in Them Thar Barrels

b. Treatment of Hazardous Waste

Case Study: Blame It on the Rain

c. Permits, Interim Status, and Mens Rea

United States v. Laughlin

d. Transporting Hazardous Waste Contrary to Law

United States v. Hayes International Corp.

3. Dishonest Acts

Case Study: What's in the Storage Unit?

4. Knowing Endangerment

United States v. Protext Industries, Inc.

B. Releases of Hazardous Substances

United States v. Baytank, Inc.

C. Insecticides, Fungicides, and Rodenticides

1. The Pesticide Registration Process

2. FIFRA's Enforcement Provisions

United States v. Cor bin Farm Service

Michael J. McClary & Jessica B. Goldstein, FIFRA at 40: The Need for Felonies for Pesticide Crimes

ch. 8 Wildlife Offenses

A. The Lacey Act

1. Trafficking Offenses

United States v. Cameron

United States v. McNab

United States v. Santillan

Case Study: Hunting Without Boundaries

2. Labeling Offenses

Case Study: Expensive Trinkets

B. The Endangered Species Act

United States v. McKittrick

WildEarth Guardians v. United States Department of Justice

C. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act

1. Prohibitions Against Take

United States v. Apollo Energies, Inc.

Solicitor of the Department of the Interior: The Migratory Bird Treaty Act Does Not Prohibit Incidental Take

2. Prohibition Against Trafficking

United States v. Pitrone

Case Study: Extra Money for College

D. The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act

United States v. Moon Lake Electric Association

E. Animal Welfare Act

United States v. Berry

United States v. Gibert

ch. 9 Conventional Criminal Statutes

A. Mail and Wire Fraud

United States v. Sawyer

B. False Statements

1. Matters Within the Jurisdiction of the United States Government

United States v. Wright

2. Mens Rea for the Misrepresentation

United States v. Gonsalves

3. Materiality

United States v. Brittain

C. Obstruction of Justice

United States v. McDaniel

United States v. El-Sherif

D. Smuggling

1. Intent to Defraud the United States

United States v. Menon

2. Importing Merchandise Contrary to Law

United States v. Lawson.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

9781543813838

1543813836

OCLC:

1091294169

Publisher Number:

99989317617