Environmental liability and ecological damage in European law
By: edited by Monika Hinteregger.
Contributors: Gimpel-Hinteregger, Monika.
Series: The common core of European private law
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521889971
Subjects: Liability for environmental damages -- Europe
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Environmental liability in Europe. International and supranational systems of environmental liability in Europe / Monika Hinteregger; title: Some observations on the law applicable to transfrontier environmental damage / Willibald Posch. The case studies; title: The questionnaire : Scope of liable persons : Comparative remarks. Cases : Industrial plant; title: Sudden incident; title: Dangerous substances; title: Genetically modified organisms; title: Micro-organisms; title: Waste disposal site; title: Producer of waste; title: Nuclear power plant; title: The harmless substance; title: Historic pollution. Causation and multiple tortfeasors. Cancer from pollution; title: Increase in leukaemia rate; title: The dying forest; title: Fish kill. Remedies and legal standing. Contaminated land; title: The polluted river; title: The oil spill; title: Contaminated drinking water.