The EU Environmental Liability Directive : a commentary / edited by Lucas Bergkamp, Hunton & Williams LLP and Barbara J. Goldsmith, Barbara J. Goldsmith & Company LLC
Introduction -- The ELD's background -- Fundamentals of liability for environmental harm under the ELD -- Scope of the ELD regime -- Exceptions and defences -- The remediation regimes -- Financial security and insurance -- The ELD's national transposition -- Procedures under member state law implementing the ELD -- Experience with restoration of environmental damage -- Technical and economic issues and practices in ELD application -- Case studies -- Emerging best practices -- The ELD's effects in practice -- Sanctions and enforcement -- Practice to date and path forward
