LIABILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HARM IN EUROPE: TOWARDS A HARMONISED REGIME?

Abstract

During the 1980s, the question of liability for environmental harm emerged as a critical question in various legal systems, as well as at supranational level. A trend emerged aimed at the re-evaluation of civil liability as an instrument for the prevention of damage arising from pollution activities potentially dangerous to mankind and the environment. In particular, it is important to remember that since the beginning of the ʼ80s attention paid to environmental Hitotsubashi Journal of Law and Politics 44 (2016), pp.43-65. C Hitotsubashi University