Is the Polluter Pays Principle Really Fundamental? An Economic Explanation of the Relative Unimportance of Environmental Liability and Taxes in US Environmental Law

Jason S. Johnston;

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Is the Polluter Pays Principle Really Fundamental? An Economic Explanation of the Relative Unimportance of Environmental Liability and Taxes in US Environmental Law

Jason S. Johnston

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Kluwer Law International

DATE

2010

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Jason S. Johnston

Citation

Jason S. Johnston, Is the Polluter Pays Principle Really Fundamental? An Economic Explanation of the Relative Unimportance of Environmental Liability and Taxes in US Environmental Law, in Michael Faure, Lixin Han, & Hongjun Shan Maritime Pollution Liability and Policy: China, Europe, and the US, Kluwer Law International, 111–119 (2010).

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