Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

Environmental Accidents

James Harrison

Content type:
Encyclopedia entries
Product:
Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

Module:
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]
Article last updated:
December 2023

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 03 October 2024

Subject(s):
Specialized treaty frameworks — Pollution — Customary international law — UNCLOS (UN Convention on the Law of the Sea) — Civil liability

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the direction of Professor Anne Peters (2021–) and Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum (2004–2020). 

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this entry, written in December 2008 by the late Professor Alan Boyle (1953–2023) and Professor James Harrison, appeared as part of the online Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law until the publication of the current version in 2024. The new version of the entry included below has been almost entirely rewritten by Professor Harrison. The original entry was also published in the 2012 print edition of the Encyclopedia (R Wolfrum (ed) The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (OUP Oxford 2012) vol III,...
Users without a subscription are not able to see the full content. Please subscribe, or log in via the Sign in panel on the left of this screen to access all subscribed content.