Environmental Crimes and the Federal Employee: Environmental Compliance is Part of the Mission

Abstract

This thesis analyzes the liability of federal employees to environmental criminal prosecutions. Environmental crimes impose criminal liability under unique legal theories that erode traditional bases of liability. Federal supremacy and sovereign immunity protect federal employees in most instances from state criminal prosecution. However, federal employees must make environmental compliance a part of their mission to ensure that they avoid prosecution for environmental crimes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA451138

Entities

People

  • James P. Calve

Organizations

  • The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bioremediation
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Contamination
  • Employment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Hygiene
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Health
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Waste Products

Readers

  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.