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Environmental Damage and Liability Problems in a Multilevel Context: The Case of the Environmental Liability Directive

Author
Cassotta S.
Date
2012
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-088523)
Publisher | Place of publication
Kluwer Law International | Bedfordshire, UK
ISBN
978-90411-3830-9
Pages
280 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Environment gen., Legal questions
Keyword
Comprehensive description Liability/compensation
Abstract

Foreword. Acknowledgements. Part I ‘What’ and ‘How’ in the Multilevel Environmental Liability Regime. Chapter 1 Setting the Field: Environmental Law and Policy on Environmental Damage and Liability Problems. Part II Matching Theory with Facts: Building the Framework. Chapter 2 In Search for a Framework of Analysis: The Focal Points at the EU, International and Domestic Levels. Chapter 3 The Liability Directive from an Historical-Comparative Perspective. Chapter 4 Institutional Interactions in the EU Environmental Liability Regime-Formation. Chapter 5 The ELD on the Prevention and Remedying of Environmental Damage. Part III Implementation of Law and Policy at the Domestic Level. Chapter 6 Implementation of the Environmental Liability Directive: The Italian Example. Part IV Recommendations, Amendments and Perspectives. Chapter 7 Overall Conclusions. References. Table of Cases. Index.

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Legislation

Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage.

Legislation | European Union | 2004 (2019)

Keyword: Liability/compensation, Polluter pays principle, Protection of habitats, Data collection/reporting, Pollution control, Public health, Soil pollution/quality, Marine pollution, Sustainable use, Ecosystem preservation, Freshwater pollution, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX