Reflections on the environmental damage compensation regime in Chinese civil legislations

The chapter on Tort Liability of the new Chinese Civil Code has broadened the types of environmental torts and expanded the scope of environmental damages. After such changes, however, deficiencies still exist. Most significantly, environmental torts are not determined by illegality, which means whe...

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Main Authors: Qianxun Xu, Mehran Idris Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-04-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023023617