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Comprehensive research on conflict resolutions in the field of international environmental civil disputes

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07620022
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field International law
Research InstitutionKyushu University

Principal Investigator

KONO Toshiyuki  Faculty of Law, Kyushu University, Prf., 法学部, 教授 (80186626)

Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1996
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1996)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Keywordsinternational environmental disputes / negotiation / civil litigation / adjustment of interests / cost performance / HNS条約 / 国際民事訴訟法的 / Federal Clearn Act / 国際環境紛争仲裁制度 / 交渉学 / Federal Clean Water Act / Trail Smelter / US-Canadian Uniform Transboundary Reciprocal Access Act / Nordic Environment Convention / Handelswerkerig Bier v. Mines de Potasse d'Alsace / 「有害物質の海上輸送中に生じた損害についての民事責任に関する条約」
Research Abstract

As one of the possible resolutions for international environmental disputes, the state may take responsibility. However the state tends to avoid its responsibility clear and it leads to the unclear legal basis in the international environmental law. Then it discourage the state to make its positive commitment to the matters. Vicious circle.
Civil litigation, along with class action and legal positivism, playd an important roll to secure the human rights. The weakest point of this system is that it rarely turns into the concrete right as the title to enforce.
Due to the tecnical problems under the current national legal systems, the civil litigation is not the best resolution system. Therefore we need to examine how useful the solution through negotiation would be. Compared with the litigation, the biggest advantage for the parties should be the costs including the cost of litigation and time. However when we look at the big scale environmental disputes, the solution through negotiation is not always the quickest and cheapest way. Rather the advantage could be the point that the negotiation offers more acceptable resolution for the both parties. The inevitable thing is that the both parties are well represented and that the chance to attend the negotiation is secured. For the environmental disputes, professional and specialized knowledge for complicated matters are requested. Since the litigation has an outlook that it clarifies the truth, the parties tend to use the litigation. Because the negotiation is just a adjustment of the conflicting interests, not as the real answer.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1996 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1995 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All Other

All Publications (3 results)

  • [Publications] 河野 俊行: "国際環境汚染をめぐる民事紛争処理の総合的研究" 法政研究. 65掲載予定. (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] "Comprehensive research on conflict resolutions in the field of international environmental civil disputes" Journal of Law and Politics (Kyushu Univ.). (in print.).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 河野俊行: "国際環境民事紛争の解決のための手法整備" 『法政研究』. (掲載予定).

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1995-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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