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Maritime Pollution — Compensation or Enforcement?

Maritime Pollution — Compensation or Enforcement?

Authors :
Basedow, Jürgen
Ehlers, Peter
Graßl, Hartmut
Koch, Hans-Joachim
Lagoni, Rainer
Lammel, Gerhard
Magnus, Ulrich
Mankowski, Peter
Paschke, Marian
Pohlmann, Thomas
Schneider, Uwe
Sündermann, Jürgen
Zahel, Wilfried
Wolfrum, Rüdiger
Source :
Pollution of the Sea: Prevention & Compensation; 2007, p129-136, 8p
Publication Year :
2007

Abstract

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and other international agreements, in particular those concerning the protection of the marine environment against oil pollution, provide for an individual liability of polluters. There has been an increasing trend to hold individuals or corporations liable for oil pollution damage. No such trend exists in respect of State liability, neither subsidiary in cases where the individual polluter does not provide compensation, nor in cases where environmental damage results from the violation of a State's own non-compliance of international environmental obligations. In respect of the latter general international law on state responsibility is of relevance.1 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISBNs :
9783540733959
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Pollution of the Sea: Prevention & Compensation
Publication Type :
Book
Accession number :
33102194
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73396-6_10