The Evolution and Determination of the Legal Interests in Environmental Pollution Crimes

doi:10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2025.01.008

Abstract

Abstract: Clarifying the legal interests isthe key to resolving the ambiguity in the determination of environmental pollution crimes.Based on several amendments to the criminal law on environmental crimes,the legal interests in environmental pollution crimes have evolved through a gradient of theoretical concepts,including anthropocentric legal interest theory,pure ecological legal interest theory,and ecological anthropocentric legal interest theory.Compared to the first two legal interest theories,although the ecological anthropocentric legal interest theory is more persuasive,there are still doubts about how it handles the relationship between human survival and development rights and ecological environment legal interests within a dualistic subject,and whether it can be integrated with the concept of restorative justice.Therefore,to ensure the smooth progress of ecological civilization construction,it is necessary to construct the interpretation of the legal interests in environmental pollution crimes from both internal structure and external methods.In terms of internal structure,it is necessary to clarify the hierarchical proportion relationship between human survival and development rights and ecological environment protection,and to coordinate with restorative justice by clarifying the reparability of the legal interests in environmental pollution crimes.In terms of the external methods of legal interest protection,the interpretive function of legal interest theory should be utilized to guide the determination of the behavior patterns,objects,attempted and completed forms,and causal relationships of environmental pollution crimes,thereby constructing the legal interests in environmental pollution crimes.

Key words: environmental pollution crime, legal interests, ecological environment legal interests, ecological anthropocentric

LIU Shuang, ZHANG Zunpu. The Evolution and Determination of the Legal Interests in Environmental Pollution Crimes[J]. Journal of Jishou University(Social Sciences Edition), 2025, 46(1): 82-91.

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