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List of contents
Introduction
I. Context
II. A Study of Private International Law and Global Governance
III. Scope of the Book
IV. Objectives of the Book
V. Structure of the Book
PART 1
LIABILITY AND THE INTERSECTION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
1. Liability for Transboundary Pollution in International Environmental Law
I. State Responsibility, State Liability and Civil Liability
A. Introduction to the Distinction between Responsibility and Liability
B. State Responsibility
C. State Liability
D. Civil Liability
II. The Duty to Ensure Prompt and Adequate Compensation
A. Prompt and Adequate Compensation in International Law
B. Future Development of the Duty to Ensure Prompt and Adequate Compensation
III. Conclusion
2. Private International Law as Environmental Regulation
I. Previous Work on Private International Law in Environmental Matters
II. The Regulatory Function of Private International Law
A. Private International Law as Obstacle?
B. Private International Law as Regulation?
III. Conclusion
PART 2
TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION IN CANADIAN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
3. Jurisdiction Over Transboundary Pollution
I. International Environmental Law and the Approach of the ILC
A. Jurisdiction in the ILC Principles on the Allocation of Loss
B. Non-Discrimination and Equal Access
C. Implementation of Equal Access in Canada
D. Going beyond the ILC Principles on the Allocation of Loss
II. Jurisdiction Over Transboundary Pollution in Canadian Private International Law
A. Asserting Jurisdiction Over Transboundary Pollution
B. Declining Jurisdiction Over Transboundary Pollution
C. Enforcing Foreign Judgments against Local Polluters
III. Conclusion
4. The Law Applicable to Transboundary Pollution
I. International Environmental Law and the Approach of the ILC
A. Choice of Law in the ILC Principles on the Allocation of Loss
B. Non-Discrimination and Equal Remedy
C. Implementation of Equal Remedy in Canada
D. Going beyond the ILC Principles on the Allocation of Loss
II. The Law Applicable to Transboundary Pollution in Canadian Private International Law
A. Designating the Law Applicable to Transboundary Pollution
B. Displacing the Applicable Law
C. Extraterritorial Application of Statutory Causes of Action
III. Conclusion
Conclusion
I. Conclusions of the Study
II. Creatively Thinking about Liability for Transboundary Pollution
About the author
Guillaume Laganière is Professor of Law at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada.
Summary
This book focuses on how public and private international law address civil liability for transboundary pollution. In public international law, civil liability treaties promote the implementation of minimum procedural standards in domestic tort law. This approach implicitly relies on private international law to facilitate civil litigation against transboundary polluters. Yet this connection remains poorly understood. Filling the gap, this book engages in a meaningful dialogue between the two areas and explores how domestic private international law can reflect the policies developed in international environmental law. It begins with an investigation of civil liability in international environmental law. It then identifies preferable rules of civil jurisdiction, foreign judgments and choice of law for environmental damage, using Canadian private international law as a case study and making extensive references to European law. Liability for transboundary pollution is a contentious issue of the law, both in scholarship and practice: international lawyers both private and public as well as environmental lawyers will welcome this important work.
Foreword
This book makes a significant contribution to our understating of how transboundary pollution should be dealt with by international law, with reference to EU and private international law regimes.
Additional text
A very good overview, from a Canadian standpoint, of issues pertaining to transboundary pollution in private international law and constitutes a very useful array of comparative-law lessons for other jurisdictions.
