Article title International Convention on Civil Liability for Pollution from Ships in International Mechanisms for the Protection of the Marine Environment
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Name of magazine Legal journal «Law of Ukraine» (Ukrainian version)
Issue 7/2013
Сторінки [129-144]
Annotation Article analyzes the international agreements that contain unified material norms on civil liability of the tortfeasor: аagreement of international transport, civil liability for pollution of the sea, for nuclear damage. The term «legal mechanism for the protection of the marine environment against pollution from ships* as generic concept, which consists of private law and public law mechanisms for the protection of the marine environment against pollution by ships as complex categories is proposed. The concept and essence of the international private component of protection mechanism of a marine environment against pollution from ships; the legal nature and characteristics of civic responsibility and compensation for pollution damage from ships in the private international law of the sea; the implementation of the norms of international conventions on civil liability for pollution damage from ships in the legal system of Ukraine are discussed.
Keywords civil responsibility, compensation for pollution damage from ships, the mechanism of protection of the marine environment, private international law of the sea.
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