Foreword -- Chapter 1: Preventing and Sanctioning Historical Pollution beyond Criminal Law: An Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Contribution of Green Criminology to the Analysis of Historical Pollution -- Chapter 3: Historical Pollution: In Search of a Legal Definition -- Chapter 4: Historical Pollution and Criminal Law in Italy. Threatening Criminal Justice Principles in the Name of Effective Enforcement? -- Chapter 5: Historical Pollution under scrutiny in the Italian Criminal Case Law -- Chapter 6: Historical Pollution and corporate liability in the Italian criminal law -- Chapter 7: Italian Administrative Regulation and Responsibility for Historical Pollution -- Chapter 8: Historical Pollution and Criminal Liability in the United States -- Chapter 9: Historical Pollution in the United Kingdom (England and Wales): The Residual Role Played by Criminal Law -- Chapter 10: Historical Pollution in Spain. A Powerful Legal Framework for a Few Past Cases -- Chapter 11: Confronting Historical Pollution in Germany: The Predominant Role of Administrative Law and Its Focus on Getting Results -- Chapter 12: The Approach to Historical Pollution in France Remedy, Compensate and Punish -- Chapter 13: Historical Pollution and Human Rights Violations: Is There a Role for Criminal Law? -- Chapter 14: Historical Pollution and Long-Term Liability: A Global Challenge Needing an International Approach?. .This volume examines legal matters regarding the prevention and fighting of historical pollution caused by industrial emissions. "Historical Pollution" refers to the long-term or delayed onset effects of environmental crimes such as groundwater or soil pollution. Historical Pollution presents and compares national legal approaches, including the most interesting and effective mechanisms for managing environmental problems in relation with historical pollution. It features interdisciplinary and international comparisons of traditional and alternative justice mechanisms. This book will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice and related areas, such as politics, law, economics, and those in the public and private sectors dealing with environmental protection, including international institutions, corporations, specialized national agencies, those involved in the criminal justice system, and policymakers.