Private international environmental litigation before EU courts : choice of law as a tool of environmental global governance
(2017)
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- The dissertation is structured around an apparently simple questioning: from the standpoint of environmental protection, is it effective to intervene in environmental matters through means of private international law? More specifically, is it effective to intervene through the means of (so-called) choice-of-law rules? (These rules establish which national law amongst those related to a dispute needs to be applied. For instance, in a case of a dumping of dangerous chemicals in the Rhin in France which cause environmental harm downstream in the Netherlands, which legal system (French or Dutch) determines the polluter’s liability?). My research deals with this question addressing, inter alia, its global governance implications, as well as its significance as regards the enforcement of the EU’s environmental policy. From this seemingly straightforward standpoint complexities unravel.
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Alvarez Armas, E. (2017). Private international environmental litigation before EU courts : choice of law as a tool of environmental global governance. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/175565