Providing a comprehensive analysis of environmental liability law in Europe, this book offers a general introduction to the status of environmental liability in Europe. It describes the relevant international treaties and the EC-Environmental Liability Directive and discusses the conflict of laws issues regarding transfrontier environmental damage. It also contains the results of a comparative project covering 14 jurisdictions in 13 European countries (Austria, Belgium, England and Wales,...
A comprehensive analysis of environmental liability law in Europe.
Part I. Environmental liability in Europe:1. International and supranational systems of environmental liability in Europe; 2. Some observations on the law applicable to transfrontier environmental damage; Part II. The Case Studies:1. Goal of the questionnaire; 2. Text of the Questionnaire; Part III. Comparison: Summary and Conclusions.