The Concept and Structure of Russian Ecological Legislation

• Author: Mikhail M. Brinchuk
• Pages: 4-13

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The Concept and Structure of Russian

Ecological Legislation

Mikhail M. Brinchuk

Doctor of le gal sciences, professor, Director of the Sector of ecological leg al studies

of the In stitute of State and Law of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian

Federation. E-mail: brinchuk@gm ail.com.

Received October 2011, accepted February 2012

Abstract: e article deals with the concept and structure of the eсоlogical legi-

slation in the Russian Federation. e author estimates t he value of the exist-

ing research on these issues to ensure balanced and harmonic development of

regulation of ecological relations. He determines the object of these relations:

nature (environment) and its individual components: natural objects and com-

plexes. e subject of ecological legislation, i.e., the tota lity of public relations

concerning t he environment (nature), which are regulated in the law, is given

consideration. Depending on the object the author mentions two approaches to

the development of ecological legislation: integrated and dierentiated. In t he

context of t he federal structure of the Russian Federation he explores rules of

development of ecological legislation at the Federal and regional levels.

Keywords: environment; nature; natural objects and complexes; t he concept of

ecological legislation; structure of ecological legislation; the object of ecological

relations; the subject of ecological legislation.

1. Introduction

e study of this topic provides an opportunity to shed light on a number of sub-

stantive issues, start ing with concepts. In relation to t he environment t he world

legal practice, including Norway's, mainly operates with the term “environmental.”

e key term used in Russia is “ecological.” In Western environmental law the ob-

ject of regulation – environment – is set as the basis of the title of this branch of law.

Arctic Revie w on Law and Politics, vol. 3 , 2/2012 pp. 152–161. ISSN 1891-6252