Los progresos recientes en el desarrollo del derecho ambiental mexicano: del comando y control a la reparación del daño ambiental

Abstract

This paper identifies the main progresses in Mexican Environmental Law during last years. The survey focuses on the process of incorporating into traditional command and control based approach of environmental legislation, those principles and rules aimed at making restoration of environmental damages possible. Eventually, the study evaluates the efficiency of the new Federal Law of Environmental Liability. Based on such analysis, this document concludes that the new Environmental Liability Act clearly confronts the non-regression principle