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Scoping a domestic legal framework for ecocide in Scotland

Publication Date
March 2024
Type
  • Reports
Topic
  • Ecocide
Synopsis

This research report by Dr Rachel Killean and Professor Damien Short was commissioned by ERCS to scope the feasibility and options for incorporating ecocide into Scots law and is intended to inform any future proposals.

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