Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / René Lefeber -- Preface / René Lefeber -- List of Abbreviations / René Lefeber -- 1. Introduction / René Lefeber -- 2. The Obligation to Prevent and Abate Transboundary Environmental Interference / René Lefeber -- 3. The Origin of State Liability: An Introduction / René Lefeber -- 4. Liability Ex Delicto / René Lefeber -- 5. Liability Sine Delicto Stricto Sensu / René Lefeber -- 6. Liability Sine Delicto Lato Sensu / René Lefeber -- 7. The Obligation to Ensure Prompt, Adequate, and Effective Compensation / René Lefeber -- 8. Conclusions / René Lefeber -- Bibliography / René Lefeber -- Table of Treaties and Other Selected Instruments / René Lefeber -- Table and Index of Cases / René Lefeber -- Country Index / René Lefeber -- Subject Index / René Lefeber.

On-going deterioration of the state of the environment and the continuous risk of an environmental disaster has forced society to reconsider its environmental and developmental objectives. For economic and environmental reasons, the costs of prevention and reparation of environmental harm should be channelled to the polluter. However, such channelling may run counter to legal principles. This work scrutinizes this field of tension between economic and legal principles at state level. It provides a unique analysis of traditional thinking on state liability for transboundary harm and the theories which have challenged it since the proliferation of hazardous activities in the 1960s. The author favours a return to traditional thinking, but has an eye for the theories that challenged it with the aim of safeguarding the compensation of victims of transboundary harm.

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