Clearly, much environmental law is in the form of public regulation designed to prevent, or at least reduce pollution at source. Nevertheless, from time to time accidents occur with devastating consequences for the environment and the private interests which vest in it.
In Europe, the names `SEVESO' and `BRAER' are synonymous with catastrophic environmental disasters. In North America, the `EXXON VALDEZ' disaster achieved global notoriety as a symbol of modern industry's recklessness in its treatment of the environment. Cases of this nature have highlighted the impact of environmental damage on private interests and have focused attention on the law of tort in this context.
By adopting a theoretical and comparative approach, the author has endeavoured to answer the basic question of whether, through increased protection of private interests, tort has the ability to provide a useful additional means of environmental protection.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zuidpoolsingel
Niederlande
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Research
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978-90-411-1891-2 (9789041118912)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
1. The law of tort and the environment: an introduction to the debate and foundational issues
2. Common law approaches to environmental harm
3. Establishing liability for environmental damage: main issues
4. The role of tort in an environmental context
5. EC developments on civil liability for environmental damage
6. Strict liability
7. Reducing the burden of proof on causation
8. Access to justice I: liberal conferral of standing
9. Access to justice II: class actions
10. Remedies for environmental damage
11. Financial provision for extended civil liability
12. Conclusion: the nature of civil liability in an environmental context
