Criminological and Criminal-Legal Preconditions of Fight Against Environmental Terrorism
The article highlights topical issues of the emergence of new threats to international and national law and order associated with the potential danger of acts of environmental terrorism and the escalation of long-known acts of environmental extremism. The author introduces approaches reflected in international and national (Russian) law and doctrines concerning the concepts of terrorism, terrorist act, and terrorist activity taking into account their manifestations in relation to a special protected good-the environment (as a basis). Also, the author describes the specifics of acts of terrorism related to the environment and their impact on the adoption of environmentally significant political and legal decisions. The stances of the Russian and Polish legal doctrines regarding danger and qualification of illegal acts are considered.