Download or read book Maritime Pollution Liability and Policy written by Faure and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The approach throughout is both legal multi-disciplinary and comparative. The relevant international conventions are examined (particularly the 'Bunker Convention' of 2008), with particular attention to their implementation in China and Europe, as well as the independent US regime. In addition, detailed empirical data from well-known case studies provide important insights into the working of international and national prevention and compensation mechanisms.