International Law and Pollution Auteur Magraw D.B. (ed) Date 1991 Source IUCN (ID: MON-044778) Éditeur | Lieu de publication University of Pennsylvania Press | Philadelphia, PA, USA ISBN 0-8122-3052-3; US$ 37.95 Pages 369 p. Langue Anglais Champ d'application International Sujet Environnement gén., Eau, Déchets et substances dangereuses Mot clé Eaux superficielles Pollution des eaux douces/qualité des eaux douces Lutte contre la pollution Effet transfrontière Pollution radioactive Pluies acides Responsabilité/indemnisation Résumé Contents: 1. International law and pollution; 2. International pollution, economic development, and human rights; 3. Overview of the existing customary legal regime regarding international pollution; 4. international liability and international watercourses: The work of the International Law Commission relating to international pollution; 5. State responsibility and international pollution: A practical perspective; 6. Overview of legal and technical aspects of nuclear accident pollution; 7. Paying the piper for transboundary nuclear damage: statee liability in a system of transnational compensation; 8. Measuring liability for damage due to radioactivity; 9. Pollution from nuclear accidents; 10.Acid deposition: Policies, politics, and practicalities;; 11.Introduction to the scientific aspects of acid deposition; 12.The European approach to acid rain; 13.Acid rain: A Canadian policy perspective; 14.International law and the Canada US acid rain dispute; 15.Acid rain:A United States policy perspective; 16.International legal implications of US policy on acid deposition