Preface

pp v-x

Contents

pp xi-xxiv

List of Authors

pp xxv-xxviii

PART I - LIABILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HARM IN THE EU

pp 1-2

The EU and the System of Environmental Loss and Damage: Liability, Restoration and Compensation

pp 3-28

Towards a Better Environmental Liability Directive?

pp 29-38

The Permit Defence Between the EU Environmental Liability Directive and National Private Law: Some Comparative Law Remarks

pp 39-52

The Jurisprudential Configuration of the “Polluter Pays” Principle: A Critical Assessment

pp 53-70

“Causal Link” as a Condition of Liability in the Environmental Law: The Example of the Liability Mechanism in Directive 2004/35/EC

pp 71-86

Accumulation of Potentially Toxic Elements in Agricultural Soils

pp 87-108

PART II - PRIVATE AND CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY

pp 109-110

Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Liability for Environmental Damage

pp 111-132

Extended Producer Responsibility in the EU: Achievements and Future Prospects

pp 133-146

Financing Sustainable Growth in Europe: The Key Role of Sustainable Finance in Preventing Environmental Damage and Implementing Adaptation Strategies

pp 147-166

The Burden of Proof in Proceedings for Corrective and Preventive Actions in Polish and Italian Law

pp 167-178

PART III - THE ROLE OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

pp 179-180

The Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law: Preliminary Remarks

pp 181-190

The Legal Framework Against Planned Obsolescence: What Role (If Any) for Criminal Law?

pp 191-208

Confiscation of Assets and Proceeds of Crime in Environmental Criminal Law: New Approaches by the German Legislator

pp 209-228

Environmental Criminal Liability of Enterprises and Compliance Programmes in Spain

pp 229-242

PART IV - LEGAL TRANSPLANTS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD: THE CASE OF ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY

pp 243-244

The CERCLA Model: Past, Present and Future

pp 245-262

Compensation for Environmental Damage in the CIS Countries: A Comparative Legal Analysis

pp 263-274

Compensation of Lawful Environmental Damage in the Russian Legal System

pp 275-290

Ecological Environmental Damage Liability Rules in the Light of the Private Law Regime: Problems and Experience in China

pp 291-330

Transplanting Civil Law Models in China: Compensation of Personal Damages Caused by Environmental Pollution

pp 331-354

PART V - STATE AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY

pp 355-356

The Myth of Plurality of Regimes in the Law of State Responsibility

pp 357-370

The Right to a Healthy Environment and its Consequences for Other Human Rights: A Challenging Approach

pp 371-382