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Purpose:
The purpose of this paper is twofold. Firstly, it aims to present the regulation, values, and fundamental principles of environment protection in Slovenia, and, secondly, it analyses various approaches of administrative-legal arrangements of environment protection. The conclusions are based on the analysis of positive law regulating environmental protection, and a comparative overview of the relevant theoretical assumptions. The paper builds on the classical understanding of the relationship between a state and a citizen, and develops the idea further through a presentation of administrative-legal arrangements in the field of environment protection. The main conclusion is that, in Slovenia, the principle of openness (in public administration) has become a well-established practice in the field of environmental protection, thus serving as a good reference example on how to promote openness in other areas of administrative law.
Design/Methods/Approach:
The article is based on an analysis of legal documents (ecological laws and bylaws) which define organisational and functional aspects of state bodies that should tackle threats to the environment. The article is based on descriptive analysis of the de lege lata legal system of environment protection in the Republic of Slovenia.
Findings:
Slovenian legal regulation of ecologic threats is divided into two major areas: pollution control and remediation; and resource conservation and management. Legal regulation is often media-limited - i.e., pertain only to a single environmental medium, such as air, water, soil, etc. - and control both emissions of pollutants into the medium, as well as liability for exceeding permitted emissions and responsibility for clean-up. The research results in the article are limited to Slovenian case.
Originality/Value:
The value of this article is an attempt to identify a consistent Slovenian administrative legal regulation of threats to environment. |