Maritime Pollution Liability and Policy

List of Contributors. List of Abbreviations. 1. Introduction; M. Faure, Han Lixin and Shan Hongjun. Part I: General Issues in Prevention and Compensation of Marine Pollution Damage. 2. Prevention and Compensation for Marine Pollution; Wang Hui. 3. Marine Pollution and the Right of Entry in Maritime Ports for Ships in Distress; E. Somers. 4. Lost Ecosystem Goods and Services as a Measure of Marine Damages; J. Boyd. 5. Liability and Compensation for Environmental Damage Caused by Ship-Source Oil Pollution: Actionability of Claims; P. Mukherjee. 6. Funds' Admissibility Criteria for Pure Economic Loss Claims v. British Judicial Stand: Complementary or Contradictory? B. Soyer. 7. Is the Polluter Pays Principle Really Fundamental? An Economic Explanation of the Relative Unimportance of Environmental Liability and Taxes in U.S. Environmental Law; J.S. Johnston. Part II: The Bunker Convention. 8. The Era after Bunker Convention: Is the Gap in China Regime for Compensating Victims of Vessel-Source Oil Spills Filled? Shan Hongjun. 9. Discussion on Limitation of Liability and Compulsory Insurance of Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage from Ships in China; Han Lixin, Wang Dapeng. Part III: Criminal Law. 10. Criminal Liability for Oil Pollution Damage: An Economic Analysis; M. Faure. 11. Criminal Liability and Vessel Source Pollution in the European Union and the United States: Inspiration for the Prevention of Vessel-Source Pollution in China? Liu Nengye, F. Maes. 12. Criminal Liability of Master and Crew in Oil Pollution Cases: A Possible Conflict between the Law of the Sea Convention (UNCLOS), MARPOL and the European Directive 2005/35/EC; M. Huybrechts. 13. Criminal Liabilities for Ship-Source Pollution - Based on the Laws of China; Jiang Yuechuan. 14. Civil and Criminal Liabilities concerning Marine Pollution in Hongkong; Li Lianjun, Mu Qin. Part IV: United States. 15. A Comparison of the Recovery of Compensation for Injury to Natural Resources under the 92 CLC and Fund Conventions with the U.S. Oil Pollution Act of 1990; R. Force. 16. National Interests Influence in Compensation for Damages Resulting from Oil Pollution - the Experience of the US and its Reference to China; Li Tiansheng, Han Lixin. 17. Study on Ocean Pollution Damage Legislations between U.S.A. and China: From Comparative Views; Guo Ping. Part V: China. 18. China and International Protection of Marine Environment; Song Ying. 19. Study on the Application of CLC-92 in China; Chen Qi. 20. Compensation for the Domestic Oil Pollution in China's Coast: Which Law Shall Apply? Zhang Liying. 21. Compulsory Liability Insurance and Carriage of Liquid and Dangerous Cargo by Coastal and Inland Waters in China; Chu Beiping, Zhang Jinlei. 22. The Factors Affecting Judicial Authentication on Maritime Oil Pollution and Relevant Solving Measures; Sun Guang. Part VI: Case Studies. 23. Legal Issues from the Hebei Spirit Oil Pollution Incident; J. Zhengliang Hu. 24. The MSC Ilona Oil Spill Incident at Pearl River Estuary; Li Zhonghua, Zhou Zhujun. 25. A Study of Compensation for Marine Oil Pollution Damage: Centering at the Compensation Claim of the Amorgos Oil Pollution Accident; A. Wang. Part VII: Comparative Conclusions. 26. Comparative and Concluding Remarks; M. Faure, Han Lixin and Shan Hongjun.