Environmental Damage in International and Comparative Law: Problems of Definition and ValuationMichael Bowman, Alan E. Boyle Oxford University Press, 2002 - 349 pages This study considers the problems of defining and valuing "environmental damage" from the perspective of international and comparative law. The need for a broad and systematic evaluation of this issue is illustrated by the number of topics presently on the international law-making agenda to which it is relevant, including the UN Compensation Commission's decisions on compensation for environmental losses suffered by Kuwait in the Gulf War, nuclear and oil pollution liability regimes, the development of an environmental liability protocol to the Antarctic Treaty and other agreements on bio-safety and genetically modified organisms. It is thus an important element in contemporary efforts to strengthen legal remedies for environmental harm which does not necessarily come within traditional categories of legally protected personal or property rights. |
Contents
Alan Boyle | 17 |
The Economic Value of Environmental Damage | 29 |
Biodiversity Intrinsic Value and the Definition and Valuation | 41 |
Environmental Damage and Genetically Modified Organisms | 63 |
Indigenous Peoples Subsistence Lifestyle as an Environmental | 85 |
Environmental Damage in the Practice of the | 111 |
Environmental Damage and Environmental Impact Assessment | 133 |
The Concept of Environmental Damage in International | 149 |
The Relationship between Environmental Damage | 191 |
Common terms and phrases
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References to this book
International Documents on Environmental Liability Hannes Descamps,Robin Slabbinck,Hubert Bocken Limited preview - 2008 |