Bhopal Gas Tragedy – A Social, Economic, Legal and Environmental Analysis

Malini, Nair (2005): Bhopal Gas Tragedy – A Social, Economic, Legal and Environmental Analysis.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the economic and legal aspects of the difficulties in obtaining compensation of chemical disaster that occurred India, when the parent company is located in the United States. After this disaster, several laws regulating chemical plant operation became mandatory in both US and in India.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Bhopal, chemical disaster, legal aspects of a chemical disaster, economic aspects of a chemical disaster
• Subjects: K - Law and Economics > K3 - Other Substantive Areas of Law > K32 - Environmental, Health, and Safety Law; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q53 - Air Pollution ; Water Pollution ; Noise ; Hazardous Waste ; Solid Waste ; Recycling; P - Economic Systems > P1 - Capitalist Systems > P16 - Political Economy; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A14 - Sociology of Economics; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O14 - Industrialization ; Manufacturing and Service Industries ; Choice of Technology

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