Back to Search
Start Over
THE CRIMINALIZATION of NEGLIGENCE UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT.
- Source :
- Criminal Justice; Winter2009, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p4-9, 6p, 1 Black and White Photograph
- Publication Year :
- 2009
-
Abstract
- The article focuses on the criminalization of negligence under the Clean Water Act (CWA) in the U.S. It cites a case involving container ship M/V Cosco Busan which leaked heavy fuel oil into the San Francisco/Oakland Bay in California following an allision accident. It examines several provisions under CWA that allow the prosecution of negligence on the part of the San Francisco Bar pilot and the ship operator. It stresses that the criminalization of environmental negligence brings tension to the civil and criminal liability constructs.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08877785
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Criminal Justice
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 36206430