Civil Liability for Waste: A Legal Analysis of the Proposed EC Directive (Schriften des internationalen Netzwerks Umweltrecht)

Wilmowsky, Peter v., Roller, Gerhard

ISBN 10: 3631451725 / ISBN 13: 9783631451724

Published by Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissen, 1992

About this Item

Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.

Seller Inventory # ERICA82936314517255

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Civil Liability for Waste: A Legal Analysis of the Proposed EC Directive (Schriften des internationalen Netzwerks Umweltrecht)
• Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissen
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631451725
• ISBN 13: 9783631451724
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Book Type: book

About this title

Synopsis

The last years have seen the rise of new strategies in environmental law which aim at supplementing command and control regulation by economic incentives to reduce pollution. Such incentives would include improved civil law remedies. It is against this background that the Commission of the European Communities proposed a Directive on civil liability for damage caused by waste. The proposal is widely believed to be the precursor of EC liability directives covering other sources of environmental impairment. The authors scrutinize the provisions of this latest piece of (proposed) EC legislation in the field of environmental law and develop policy recommendations on the key issues of waste liability law. The main chapters deal with the parties on which strict waste liability should rest, the requirements regarding causation, the legal remedies which should be available in cases of injury to the environment, and the issue of whether or not to require compulsory insurance.

About the Author

The Author: Peter Frhr. v. Wilmowsky, Mater of Laws (University of California at Berkeley), was born in 1956. After working for the Sachverständigenrat für Umweltfragen in Wiesbaden, he is now with the Institut für Ausländisches und Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht in Frankfurt am Main.
Gerhard Roller was born in 1960. At present he is a research fellow at Frankfurt University's Institute for Public and Environmental Law.