This paper constitutes a chapter in a book on maritime pollution liability and policy in China, Europe and the U.S. and deals with criminal liability for oil pollution damage from an economic perspective. After an introduction first the economic theory of criminalisation is applied to oil...

This paper deals with the well-known environmental public interest litigation before the Supreme Court of India. While a certain amount of literature exists, principally describing the judicial activism in which the Supreme Court of India has engaged for many years, to date no comprehensive...

This chapter deals with the application of economic theories of criminal law to environmental pollution. The chapter starts by addressing why environmental pollution needs to be enforced at all by using the criminal law. Attention is also paid to the question whether in certain circumstances...

This paper discusses important features of the international conventions regulating the compensation of oil pollution damage, more particularly the limitation of the liability of the tanker owner and the additional compensation provided through the IOPC Fund. The paper sketches the historical...

This are the concluding remarks to an edited volume on climate change liability. The introduction sketches the reasons for writing a book on climate change liability as well as the problem definition, methodology and structure of the book. The concluding remarks show that from the contributions...

This is the introduction to an edited volume on climate change liability. The introduction sketches the reasons for writing a book on climate change liability as well as the problem definition, methodology and structure of the book. The concluding remarks show that from the contributions in the...

Many have pointed at the fact that the spectacular economic growth in China has come at a high price, especially concerning the environmental costs related to this growth. There is increasing literature available now, both in and outside of China on the available governance instruments that...

Current regulation and liability schemes ineffectively prevent and routinely under compensate natural resources damages. Compensation instruments, such as liability insurance, direct insurance, risk sharing agreement, environmental funds, and guarantees provided by liable parties or third...