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Faure, Michael; Ying, Song --- "China and International Environmental Liability" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008) [2008] ELECD 336

Editor(s): Faure, Michael; Ying, Song

Title: China and International Environmental Liability

Sub-title: Legal Remedies for Transboundary Pollution

Series: New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law series

Topics: Environmental Law; Asian Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 31 October 2008

Number of pages: 384

ISBN (hard cover): 9781847207524

EISBN: 9781848445000

Abstract/Description:

This book considers the ways in which transboundary environmental pollution can be remedied through a variety of legal instruments. Particular attention is paid to the pollution of the Songhua river in China, but legal remedies to transboundary pollution are also discussed in a broader context.

The focus of the book is on international environmental law and international conventions as well as the application of national environmental law in a transboundary legal context. Thus contributions also concentrate on voluntary approaches, the importance of transboundary environmental impact assessment and the application of national criminal law to transboundary pollution.

Not only is transboundary pollution discussed from the perspective of international law, but also from that of the application of national law to transboundary pollution, thus centering on private law, administrative law and criminal law. As such, this book will be of great interest to academics, practitioners and students.