Liability for Transboundary Pollution at the Intersection of Public and Private International Law

This book explores how public and private international law address civil liability for transboundary pollution, focusing on the relationship between the two areas and exploring how domestic private international law can reflect international environmental law policies. It begins with an investigation of civil liability in international environmental law and identifies preferable rules of civil jurisdiction, foreign judgments, and choice of law for environmental damage, using Canadian private international law as a case study and making extensive references to European law.

Format: Hardback
Length: 312 pages
Publication date: 24 February 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Public and private international law play a crucial role in addressing civil liability for transboundary pollution. In public international law, civil liability treaties aim to promote the implementation of minimum procedural standards in domestic tort law, relying on private international law to facilitate civil litigation against transboundary polluters. However, the connection between these two areas remains poorly understood. This book seeks to bridge this gap by engaging in a meaningful dialogue between public and private international law and exploring how domestic private international law can reflect the policies developed in international environmental law.

The book begins with an investigation of civil liability in international environmental law, identifying the various legal frameworks and principles that govern liability for transboundary pollution. It then examines preferable rules of civil jurisdiction, foreign judgments, and choice of law for environmental damage, using Canadian private international law as a case study and making extensive references to European law.

Liability for transboundary pollution is a contentious issue of the law, both in scholarship and practice. International lawyers, both private and public, as well as environmental lawyers, will welcome this important work.

Weight: 636g
Dimension: 163 x 241 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781509951154