Description
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In many countries, various shifts have taken place between private and public funding regarding environmental damage compensation. This book theoretically examines these shifts and offers many supporting practical examples. Coverage also examines shifts in private and public compensation mechanisms and describes shifts in some national legal systems towards greater government involvement as well as within specific private legal systems.
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From the contents:
Introduction (M. Faure, A. Verheij).- Shifts in Governance: Soil Pollution (A. Verheij).- A Shift toward Alternative Compensation Mechanisms for Environmental Damage? (M. Faure).- Shifts in Compensation for Environmental Damage: From Member States to Europe (K. De Smedt).- Shifts in Governance: Oil Pollution (A. Verheij).- Shifts in Governance in the International Regime of Marine Oil Pollution Compensation: A Legal History Perspective (H. Wang).- Maritime Oil Pollution: an Empirical Analysis (R. Hendrickx).- Shifts in Governance in Compensation for Nuclear Damage. 20 Years after Chernobyl (T. Vanden Borre).- Concluding Observations (M. Faure, A. Verheij).- Index.
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List of ContributorsTom Vanden Borre, Commission for the Regulation of Electricity and Gas (CREG), Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC), Institute for Environmental and Energy Law (IMER), Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.Michael Faure, Maastric
