The Liability Issue and the Notion of Environmental Damage: A Starting Point of Definition

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Title: The Liability Issue and the Notion of Environmental Damage: A Starting Point of Definition

Abstract: The article examines environmental damage as a prerequisite of liability in international law. It compares treaty-based definitions, transboundary harm regimes, and state and civil liability, highlighting the fragmentation of existing rules and the absence of a universally accepted definition.

Keywords: Environmental damage; environmental liability; transboundary harm; state responsibility; strict liability; international environmental law

Cite as: Kecskés, G. (2014). The Liability Issue and the Notion of Environmental Damage: A Starting Point of Definition. Studia Juridica et Politica Jaurinensia, 1(1), 19–26.

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