China's 2012 Regime for Compensation for Vessel Source Oil Pollution: A Comparative Study

Ocean Development and International Law

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 270-286

  Zhu, Ling ^a   Dong, Bingying ^a   Li, Kevin X ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

compensation funds; vessel source oil pollution

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPENSATION SYSTEM; OIL POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; VESSEL;

CANADA; CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881632250     PISSN: 00908320     EISSN: 15210642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908320.2013.808933     Document Type: Article

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