Maritime Pollution Liability and Policy
Subtitle: China, Europe, and the US
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Frederick, MD
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 456
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1: Introduction 1; title: Chapter 2: General Issues in Prevention and Compensation of Marine Pollution Damage 11; title: Chapter 3: Marine Pollution and the Right of Entry in Maritime Ports for Ships in Distress 41; title: Chapter 4: Lost Ecosystem Goods and Services as a Measure of Marine Damages 55; title: Chapter 5: Liability and Compensation for Environmental Damage Caused by Ship-Source Oil Pollution: Actionability of Claims 75; title: Chapter 6: Funds' Admissibility Criteria for Pure Economic Loss Claims versus British Judicial Stand: Complementary or Contradictory? 97; title: Chapter 7: Is the Polluter Pays Principle Really Fundamental? An Economic Explanation of the Relative Unimportance of Environmental Liability and Taxes in US Environmental Law 111; title: Part II: The Bunker Convention; title: Chapter 8: The Era after the Bunker Convention: Is the Gap in China's Regime for Compensating Victims of Vessel-Source Oil Spills Filled? 123; title: Chapter 9: Discussion on Limitation of Liability and Compulsory Insurance of Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage from Ships in China 145; title: Part 3: Criminal Law; title: Chapter 10: Criminal Liability for Oil Pollution Damage: An Economic Analysis 161; title: Chapter 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?; title: Chapter 12: Criminal Liability of Master and Crew in Oil Pollution Cases 215; title: Chapter 13: Criminal Liabilities for Ship-Source Pollution Based on the Laws of China 231; title: Chapter 14: Civil and Criminal Liabilities Concerning Marine Pollution 247; title: Part 4: United States; title: Chapter 15: A Comparison of the Recovery of Compensation for Injury to Natural Resources under the 92 CLC and Fund Conventions with the US Oil Pollution Act of 1990 263; title: Chapter 16: National Interests Influence in Compensation for Damages Resulting from Oil Pollution 285; title: Chapter 17: Study on Ocean Pollution Damage Legislation between the United States and China: A Comparative Perspective 299; title: Part 5: China; title: Chapter 18: China and International Protection of Marine Environment 323; title: Chapter 19: On the Application of CLC 82 in China 347; title: Chapter 20: Compensation for the Domestic Oil Pollution in China's Coast: Which Law Shall Apply? 359; title: Chapter 21: Compulsory Liability Insurance on Carriage of Liquid and Dangerous Cargo by Coastal and Inland Water in China 371; title: Chapter 22: The Factors Affecting Judicial Authentication on Maritime Oil Pollution and Relevant Solving Measures 385; title: Part 6: Case Studies