Regulatory Strategies in Environmental Liability

This paper analyses the possibilities of private law in remedying environmental damage. The preventive role of tort law is discussed as well as its relationship to regulation. Attention is also paid to the necessity to combine liability and regulation and to the environmental liability directive. Conditions for the insurability of environmental harm are discussed and attention is paid to alternative compensation mechanisms for environmental harm such as environmental damage insurance and compensation funds. Also, arguments in favour of harmonization of environmental liability are critically discussed