Environmental disaster and public safety: the Court of Cassation restricts the scope of the offense

The judgment in comment deals with the crime of environmental disaster, and in particular the provision referred to in paragraph 2, No. 3, which provides for the offense to public safety as the nucleus of the crime event. The Supreme Court, while recognizing that the Legislator intended to refer to...

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Main Author: Ginevra Ripa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Luca RAMACCI 2018-11-01
Series:Lexambiente
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Online Access:https://lexambientetrimestrale.it/index.php/en/1-2018/disastro-ambientale-e-pubblica-incolumita-la-corte-di-cassazione-circoscrive-il-campo-di-applicazione-della-fattispecie
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description The judgment in comment deals with the crime of environmental disaster, and in particular the provision referred to in paragraph 2, No. 3, which provides for the offense to public safety as the nucleus of the crime event. The Supreme Court, while recognizing that the Legislator intended to refer to a broad notion of environment, did not find the fumus of the crime in the matter in question – concerning a collapse of unauthorized buildings – on the assumption that the offense to public safety should in any event refer to the environment.
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spelling doaj.art-bb38ff4fa4af484cbda7cf18428cf0602024-01-28T13:20:50ZengLuca RAMACCILexambiente2612-21032018-11-0146270Environmental disaster and public safety: the Court of Cassation restricts the scope of the offenseGinevra Ripa0lawyerThe judgment in comment deals with the crime of environmental disaster, and in particular the provision referred to in paragraph 2, No. 3, which provides for the offense to public safety as the nucleus of the crime event. The Supreme Court, while recognizing that the Legislator intended to refer to a broad notion of environment, did not find the fumus of the crime in the matter in question – concerning a collapse of unauthorized buildings – on the assumption that the offense to public safety should in any event refer to the environment.https://lexambientetrimestrale.it/index.php/en/1-2018/disastro-ambientale-e-pubblica-incolumita-la-corte-di-cassazione-circoscrive-il-campo-di-applicazione-della-fattispecieenvironmental disasterpublic safetyconcept of environment
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concept of environment
title Environmental disaster and public safety: the Court of Cassation restricts the scope of the offense
title_full Environmental disaster and public safety: the Court of Cassation restricts the scope of the offense
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title_short Environmental disaster and public safety: the Court of Cassation restricts the scope of the offense
title_sort environmental disaster and public safety the court of cassation restricts the scope of the offense
topic environmental disaster
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url https://lexambientetrimestrale.it/index.php/en/1-2018/disastro-ambientale-e-pubblica-incolumita-la-corte-di-cassazione-circoscrive-il-campo-di-applicazione-della-fattispecie
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