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Full-Text Articles in Torts
Industrial Accidents, Natural Disasters And "Act Of God", Michael Faure, Liu Jing, Andri G. Wibisana
Industrial Accidents, Natural Disasters And "Act Of God", Michael Faure, Liu Jing, Andri G. Wibisana
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
International Liability And Primary Rules Of Obligation: An Application To Acid Rain In The United States And Canada, John B. Lyle
International Liability And Primary Rules Of Obligation: An Application To Acid Rain In The United States And Canada, John B. Lyle
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Carriage Of Hazardous Cargoes By Sea - The Hns Convention, Peter Wetterstein
Carriage Of Hazardous Cargoes By Sea - The Hns Convention, Peter Wetterstein
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Economic Loss, Punitive Damages, And The Exxon Valdez Litigation, Dr. Ronen Perry
Economic Loss, Punitive Damages, And The Exxon Valdez Litigation, Dr. Ronen Perry
Georgia Law Review
On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez ran aground on
Bligh Reef off the Alaskan coast, spilling millions of
gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound. At the
time, the spill was probably the worst environmental
disaster in American history, and it sparked unusually
extensive and complex litigation, as well as a vast
academic literature. The Article uncovers a fundamental
yet unnoticed inconsistency in American land-based and
maritime tort law that surfaced through the Exxon Valdez
litigation. On the one hand, liability for purely economic
losses was strictly limited under Robins Dry Dock v. Flint,
leaving dozens of thousands …