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My Bergius

Postdoc (Leave of Absence)

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Investigator self-interest in the environmental process

Author

  • My Pettersson
  • Lena Wahlberg

Summary, in English

The Swedish Environmental Code states that certain potentially harmful activities must not be pursued without a permit. When applying for a permit,the applicant shall submit an environmental impact assessment, which describes the effects that the activity might have on the environment. This article discusses the risk that investigator self-interest decreases the adequacy of environmental impact assessments. The article also presents a newly made empirical study of whether and how arguments about investigator self-interest are considered and taken on board by Swedish environmental courts.

Department/s

  • Department of Law
  • VBE

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

107-118

Publication/Series

Nordic Environmental Law Journal

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Gabriel Michanek

Topic

  • Law

Keywords

  • conflict of interest
  • environmental impact assessment
  • law and science
  • environmental process
  • processrätt
  • procedural law

Status

Published

Project

  • Law, Evidence and Cognition

Research group

  • VBE

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2000-4273