Mason, Michael 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8831-0593
(2003)
Civil liability for oil pollution damage: examining the evolving scope for environmental compensation in the international regime.
Marine Policy, 27 (1).
pp. 1-12.
ISSN 0308-597X
Abstract
The civil liability regime for ship-source oil pollution enables national victims of oil spill damage to make financial claims against domestic and non-domestic tanker owners and, in certain circumstances, the global oil cargo industry. This paper examines the evolving—and contested—parameters of environmental liability set by the international oil pollution liability conventions, focusing on the admissibility of reinstatement costs and the geographical scope of compensation norms. It concludes that although the liability regime can be applauded for its equitable consideration of environmental claims, this is restricted by a narrow definition of damage and national boundaries of entitlement. Oil pollution harm to collective ecological interests represents a key challenge to the liability framework.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescriptio... |
| Additional Information: | © 2002 Elsevier |
| Divisions: | Geography & Environment Middle East Centre |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Oct 2008 11:16 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 22:38 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/17887 |
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