International Responsibility for Environmental Harm

Name: International Responsibility for Environmental Harm
Brand: Kluwer Law International
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Francesco Francioni Tullio Scovazzi(Herausgeber*in)

Kluwer Law International (Verlag)

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Cover
Half Title Page
Editorial Board
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Abbreviations
PART ONE General Aspects of International Responsibility and Liability for Environmental Harm
CHAPTER 1 Present Limits to the Enforcement of State Responsibility for Environmental Damage
COMPENSATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE: A LEGAL STEEPLE-CHASE
THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER 2 Forms of International Responsibility for Environmental Harm
I. INTRODUCTION
II. RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HARM IN CONVENTIONAL INTERNATIONAL LAW
III. RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HARM IN CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW
IV. CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 3 International Liability for Injurious Consequences Arising out of Acts not Prohibited by International Law: The Work of the International Law Commission
I. PRESENT STATUS
II. OPEN PROBLEMS
III. AN INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT ON LIABILITY-RAISON D'ÊTRE AND FORM
IV. ELICITING POLITICAL SUPPORT
PART TWO Consequences of International Responsibility for Environmental Harm
CHAPTER 4 Les conséquences juridiques d'un fait internationalement illicite causant un dommage à l'environnement
I. INTRODUCTION
II. OBLIGATIONS DE L'ÉTAT AUTEUR DU FAIT ILLICITE
III. FACULTÉS DE L'ÉTAT LÉSÉ PAR LE FAIT ILLICITE
CHAPTER 5 L'État et la réparation des dommages catastrophiques
I. L'INVOCATION THÉORIQUE D'UNE OBLIGATION DE RÉPARATION ÉTATIQUE
II. L'ABSENCE PRATIQUE DE RÉPARATION PAR L'ÉTAT
III. CONCLUSION ET PERSPECTIVES
CHAPTER 6 Third State Remedies for Environmental Damage to the World's Common Spaces
I. INTRODUCTION
II. THIRD-STATE REMEDIES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
III. INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL NORMS
V. CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 7 Do States Really Accept Responsibility for Environmental Damage?
CHAPTER 8 Some Remarks on the Settlement of Environmental Disputes
PART THREE Harm to Common Spaces
CHAPTER 9 The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer: Providing Prospective Remedial Relief for Potential Damage to the Environmental Commons
I. THE NATURE OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
II. THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER
III. ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL: PROSPECTIVE REMEDIAL APPROACHES
CHAPTER 10 L'immersion en mer de déchets radioactifs et responsabilité internationale
I. INTRODUCTION
II. IMMERSION DE DÉCHETS RADIOACTIFS ET RESPONSABILITÉ INTERNATIONALE: LES ORIGINES DU PROBLÈME
III. LACUNE DE LA RÉGLEMENTATION INTERNATIONALE ACTUELLE SUR LA RESPONSABILITÉ EN MATIÈRE DE DOMMAGES NUCLÉAIRES
IV. ÉLABORATION D'UN RÉGIME DE RESPONSABILITÉ DES ÉTATS EN MATIÈRE D'IMMERSION EN MER DE DÉCHETS RADIOACTIFS
v. CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 11 Environmental Harm Resulting from the Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space: Some Remarks on State Responsibility and Liability
I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS
II. ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS POSED BY THE USE OF NUCLEAR POWER SOURCES IN OUTER SPACE
III. SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING STATES' AFFIRMATIVE OBLIGATIONS RELEVANT TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FROM NUCLEAR DAMAGE: APPLICABLE STANDARD OF RESPONSIBILITY.
IV. RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR NUCLEAR CONTAMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT: IS THERE A NEED FOR A NEW LEGAL INSTRUMENT?
V. Conclusions
PART FOUR The Export of Technologies and Substances Causing Environmental Harm
CHAPTER 12 Exporting Environmental Hazard through Multinational Enterprises: Can the State of Origin be Held Responsible?
I. INTRODUCTION
II. THE PROBLEM OF ATTRIBUTION
III. A CRITIQUE OF TRADITIONAL DOCTRINES
IV. SUBSTANTIVE PRINCIPLES
V. CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 13 The Transit of Ships Carrying Hazardous Wastes through Foreign Coastal Zones
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE REGIME UNDER THE 1989 BASEL CONVENTION
3. THE REGIME UNDER THE 1982 LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION
4. INNOCENT PASSAGE THROUGH FOREIGN TERRITORIAL SEAS
5. NAVIGATION THROUGH FOREIGN EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONES
6. RECENT STATE PRACTICE AND NEW TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
PART FIVE Responsibility for Environmental Harm: The Borderland between Domestic and International Law Regimes
CHAPTER 14 International Regulation of Deliberate Release Biotechnologies
I. INTRODUCTION
II. THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
III. THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS
IV. ELEMENTS OF AN ADEQUATE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL REGIME FOR ASSESSING AND MANAGING THE RISKS POSED BY DELIBERATE RELEASE BIOTECHNOLOGIES
V. THE ROLE OF STATE LIABILITY
VI. POSSIBLE ELEMENTS OF A MULTILATERAL TREATY
VII. CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 15 Making the Polluter Pay? Alternatives to State Responsibility in the Allocation of Transboundary Environmental Costs
1. INTRODUCTION
2. STATE RESPONSIBILITY OR CIVIL LIABILITY?
3. EQUAL ACCESS TO NATIONAL REMEDIES
4. CIVIL LIABILITY SCHEMES
5. CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 16 The Compensation for Ecological Damage in the "Patmos" Case
1. INTRODUCTION
2. ITALIAN DOMESTIC LEGISLATION
3. THE DECISIONS IN THE PATMOS CASE
4. THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CLC
5. DECISIONS RELATING TO ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE RENDERED BY SOME OTHER DOMESTIC COURTS
CHAPTER 17 Industrial Accidents and the Veil of Transnational Corporations
1. THE PROBLEM OF THE CORPORATE VEIL
2. SEVESO
3. BHOPAL
4. AMOCO CADIZ
5. SOME TENTATIVE GENERAL REMARKS
CHAPTER 18 The Sandoz Blaze: The Damage and the Public and Private Liabilities
1. THE FIRE
2. SWITZERLAND'S RESPONSIBILITY
3. SANDOZ'S LIABILITY
4. CONCLUSIONS
5. GENERAL SPIN-OFF OF THE SANDOZ ACCIDENT
PART SIX Notification and Assistance with Regard to Environmental Harm
CHAPTER 19 The Right to Information on the Risks Created by Hazardous Installations at the National and International Levels
1. INTRODUCTION
2. INFORMING WORKERS
3. INFORMING THE PUBLIC
4. INFORMING NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES
5. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OECD ACTS AND RELATED LEGAL PROVISIONS
6. CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 20 The Impact of the Chernobyl Accident on the States' Perception of International Responsibility for Nuclear Damage
1. Legal Doctrine and the Chernobyl Accident: The Prevailing Approach to the Issue of Liability and Compensation for Transboundary Nuclear Damage.
2. "Primary" Rules in the Field of Prevention and Mitigation of Transfrontier Nuclear Harm and International Responsibility for Wrongful Acts: in particular, the Obligations set Forth by the Vienna Conventions of 1986 on Early Notification and Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident.
3. Post-Chernobyl State Practice and the Initiatives Addressing Directly the Question of Liability and Compensation for Nuclear Damage: The Adoption of a Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna and the Paris Conventions on Civil Liability, and the Efforts used by the IAEA to Elaborate a Comprehensive Regulatory System including Rules on State Responsibility
4. The Current Debate on the Crucial Issues Related to International Responsibility for Nuclear Damage as Evidenced by the Meetings of the Working Group of Governmental Experts Established by IAEA in 1989 and of the "Standing Committee" Operating within the System of the Vienna Convention of 1963
5. The Impact of Chernobyl on the State's Perception of International Responsibility for Nuclear Damage: a Tentative Appraisal
Conclusion
CHAPTER 21 Conclusions du colloque "Responsabilité des Etats pour les dommages à l'environnement
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