Intersection between criminal and administrative liability of a legal entity for environmental violations in the context of sustainable development

Abstract

Industrial and other economic activity makes a big influence on environment and quite often such activity determines appearance of harm to nature. The legal entities the major activity aim of which is to seek profit become one of the principal sources of threat to environment. Legal entities striving towards organization activity aims use their economic, political and other social powers, so they are able to make a great negative or positive impact on the life of man, society and state. These objective causes determine the demand of effective legal regulation and environment protection and striving towards ensuring the coordination of economic, social and environmental interests, i.e. realization of sustainable development aims becomes the priority direction of every state.[...]