Financial caps for oil pollution damage: a historical mistake?

M.G. Faure; H. Wang

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2007.10.008

Financial caps for oil pollution damage: a historical mistake?

M.G. Faure^*
, H. Wang^*

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Transnational environmental law

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Abstract

The limitation of liability (known as financial caps) of the ship owner has a long tradition in maritime law in general and in the marine oil pollution compensation regime in particular. This paper uses the economic instrument to critically analyze such a mechanism, in order to answer the question if the financial caps are indeed a historical mistake.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	592-606
Journal	Marine Policy
Volume	32
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2007.10.008
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2008

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