Introduction -- Chaper 1 : Environmental protection -- a fundamental value -- Chapter 2 : The role of prosecution -- Chapter 3 : The legislative framework -- Chapter 4 : The investigation -- Chapter 5 : Theories of liability -- Chapter 6 : Due diligence -- Chapter 7 : The director's dilemma -- Appendix "A" : Principal environmental offences -- Appendix "B" : What to do when the investigator arrives -- Appendix "C" : Due dilligence checklists -- Index