Dataset and replication materials: Ecological harm and criminal thresholds – A pilot legal-ecological coding framework for environmental crime judgments (LEDAT, Spain 2020–2025)

Morelle-Hungría, E. (2026). Ecological harm and criminal thresholds: A pilot legal-ecological coding framework for environmental crime judgments. Open Research Europe.

Contents:

• ledat_cleaned_dataset_with_derived_variables.csv — Full case-level dataset (n=36) with all coded legal and ecological variables, derived IDPAm scores, band classifications, judicial outcomes, and procedural observations

• table_01 to table_13 — Summary tables underlying all descriptive statistics, figures, and sensitivity analyses reported in the article

• LEDAT_analysis.R — R script reproducing figures and descriptive statistics

• session_info.txt — R session information (package versions and environment)

Study context: 36 Spanish first-instance environmental crime judgments issued between 2020 and 2025, independently coded using the LEDAT® (Legal-Ecological Damage Assessment Tool) framework. IDPAm scores range from 0.7 to 9.3.

Intellectual property notice: LEDAT® is a registered trademark of the Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Castellón, Spain. This dataset is deposited with institutional authorisation for open science purposes, in compliance with the Horizon Europe open research data policy.

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0). Reuse permitted with attribution to the author and acknowledgement of the LEDAT® trademark.

Note: Full judgment texts are not included due to database licensing restrictions (Tirant Prime). All derived coding data are freely available under the terms of this licence.