Environmental responsibility as an element of legal culture of the population

Abstract

The article is devoted to the dynamics of ideas about environmental responsibility on the example of approaches of domestic and foreign legislation, with the justification of allocation of this track as an independent type of legal responsibility. In the introduction the concept of environmental responsibility and the system of measures to ensure it are given. Emphasis is placed on the high level of public danger of crimes in the sphere of nature management and environmental protection. The constant interest of the scientific community in the formation of basic approaches in the considered area is noted. In the course of the description of materials and methods of research the conclusions are formulated that the normative provisions are largely formal in nature, not finding practical application. The main results of the research are presented in the article in the form of concrete proposals to improve the current domestic legislation by reforming the classification of environmental crimes, expanding the criminalization of acts of the relevant group. It is necessary to define clear criteria of differentiation between administrative, civil and criminal-legal prohibitions, which is important not only for law enforcement bodies, but also for the society as a whole. The methodological basis is shown by the objects of legal protection in the sphere of nature management, based on the principles of axiological, activity, historical and logical, comparative and systemic approaches. The methodological block reveals and substantiates the most effective means and ways of environmental safety protection, structures propaedeutic measures. Such forms as conferences are most actively used. Among the set of methods presented in the work the priority is given to design and modelling. The discussion formulates the reasons that prevent the strengthening of environmental safety, names the conditions for overcoming the population's detachment from the systemic counteraction to such violations.