A reevaluation on international law and policy related to the quantification of environmental harm

Abstract

The doctrine of quantification of environmental damage is one of the most highly contested aspects of international law and also national policy. In the context of environmental law, there are various questions that are related to the quantification of damage, which are still uncertain and unresolved.' These questions are commonly found in environmental cases dealing with toxic-liability litigation.2 This kind of litigation is related to damage caused by production and handling of hazardous materials such as asbestos. The questions of causation, liability and that of unclear methods of calculating damage are hallmark problems in international environmental law.