Operationalising effective public enforcement of environmental law in the European Union with a focus on England, Germany and the Netherlands

Effective public enforcement of environmental law is a topic explored both by the European Union as well as by several of its Member States, including England, Germany and the Netherlands. In this thesis, an evaluative framework was created and applied to analyse the effectiveness of administrative and criminal enforcement of environmental law in England, Germany and the Netherlands. The starting point for this evaluative framework is the effective enforcement formula first created by the European Court of Justice, which specifies that enforcement by the Member States is to be effective, dissu... Mehr ...