The environment, risk and liability in international law / by Julio Barboza.

By:

Barboza, Julio

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Legal aspects of sustainable development ; v. 10.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 204 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9789004188792
9004188797
1283119935
9781283119931
9786613119933
6613119938

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Environment, risk and liability in international law.DDC classification:

344.04/6 22

LOC classification:

K579.L5 B368 2011eb

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Contents:

Risk and harm, prevention and liability -- Responsibility and liability in international law -- Conventional law -- Other aspects of international practice -- The development of the subject at the International Law Commission -- The development in the International Law Commission : consideration of the topic since 1997.

Summary: Risk has always been an element of life. Yet modern technology continues to spread environmentally hazardous activity beyond State boundaries. These hazardous yet socially useful activities exist in a grey area between legality and wrongfulness. The Environment, Risk and Liability in International Lawexplains the important role liability plays in risk management and environmental protection, within the realm of International Law. The text explores questions such as the lawfulness of acts which negatively affect the environment, as well as who should be liable for transfrontier damages. From pri.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Risk has always been an element of life. Yet modern technology continues to spread environmentally hazardous activity beyond State boundaries. These hazardous yet socially useful activities exist in a grey area between legality and wrongfulness. The Environment, Risk and Liability in International Lawexplains the important role liability plays in risk management and environmental protection, within the realm of International Law. The text explores questions such as the lawfulness of acts which negatively affect the environment, as well as who should be liable for transfrontier damages. From pri.

English.

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