Responsibility and Liability in the Context of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes by Sea Existing Rules and the 1999 Liability Protocol to the Basel Convention /

• Main Author: Albers, Jan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs at the University of Hamburg, 29
• Subjects: Law.; International law.; Trade.; Law of the sea.; International environmental law.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Waste management.; Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.; International Environmental Law.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.; International Economic Law, Trade Law.

The term “hazardous wastes” covers a wide range of disused products and production wastes generated not only in industrial sectors, but also in all areas of everyday life. Hazardous wastes are to a large extent shipped by sea to third countries for recycling or disposal. While the procedural require...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: The International Trade in Hazardous Wastes and its Economic Background
• Chapter 3: The Present Legal Framework
• Chapter 4: Attempting an Interim Conclusion: Preconditions for an Effective Legal Regime on Liability and Compensation
• Chapter 5: The 1999 Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation
• Chapter 6: Concluding Summary.