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Investigator self-interest in the environmental process

Pettersson, My LU and Wahlberg, Lena LU (2015) In Nordic Environmental Law Journal p.107-118
Abstract
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.
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conflict of interest, environmental impact assessment, law and science, environmental process, processrätt, procedural law
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Nordic Environmental Law Journal
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107 - 118
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Gabriel Michanek
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2000-4273
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Law, Evidence and Cognition
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English
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  author       = {{Pettersson, My and Wahlberg, Lena}},
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  keywords     = {{conflict of interest; environmental impact assessment; law and science; environmental process; processrätt; procedural law}},
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  number       = {{2}},
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  publisher    = {{Gabriel Michanek}},
  series       = {{Nordic Environmental Law Journal}},
  title        = {{Investigator self-interest in the environmental process}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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