The Study on the Libility System for Environmental Pollution in Case of Disasters --Concentrating on Application of Liability Exemption Clauses--

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25870527
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Civil law; New fields of law
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: KOBAYASHI Hiroshi 長崎大学, 水産・環境科学総合研究科(環境), 准教授 (30533286)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 無過失責任 / 免責 / 災害時の環境汚染 / アメリカ環境法 / 不可抗力 / 戦争行為 / メキシコ湾原油流出事故 / 油濁法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the 2013 academic year, I studied the requirements to apply the clause of exemption from liability for nuclear damage, published my article and made my report at Kyushu Law Association on this issue. In the 2014 academic year, I extended the scope of my study to Air Pollution Prevention Law, Water Pollution Prevention Law, Mining Law and Vessel Oil Pollution Compensation Law in addition to Nuclear Damage Compensation Law and conducted the comparative analysis with the U.S. Environmental Laws. I published my article on these issues. In the 2015 academic year, I made my report to sum up this study at Japan Association of Private Law. I pointed out in this study that application of the exemption clauses from liability should be limited in terms of the protection of victims.

Free Research Field

社会科学（新領域法学（環境法学））