The Anatomy of United States' Oil Pollution Act of 1990
Автор:Olubunmi Olanrewaju Awoyemi Год: 2013 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 818 ISBN: 9780996011600 One of the key goals of this legal treatise is to undertake a painstaking textual anatomy of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to help academics, lawyers, judges, and students navigate its recondite provisions with relative ease. This treatise consists of eighteen chapters. Chapter one discusses the scope of the Oil Pollution Act 1990. Chapter two analyzes the defenses to liability. Chapter three examines the procedures for asserting claims against a responsible party. Chapter four explores removal costs under OPA. Chapters five, six and seven dwell on issues relating to damages, recovery of interest, and limitation of liability respectively. Chapters eight and nine of this treatise focus on the effect of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 on the insurance structure for oil pollution in US and international waters. The two chapters briefly discuss the financial responsibility requirements and the international oil pollution regimes as they relate to marine insurance. Chapter ten discusses...
