Tort Liability for Environmental Pollution

Majd Waleed MANASRA; Said Al MAMARI; Ashraf GHARIBEH; Muhammad NAJM; Anan Shawqi YOUNES; Ahmad Hussein ALSHARQAWI

doi:10.14505/jemt.v13.5(61).07

Majd Waleed MANASRA Applied Science Private University, Jordan
Said Al MAMARI Sohar University, Oman
Ashraf GHARIBEH Sohar University, Oman
Muhammad NAJM Al Falah University, UAE
Anan Shawqi YOUNES Prince Mohammad bn Fahad University, Saudi Arabia
Ahmad Hussein ALSHARQAWI Applied Science Private University, Jordan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14505/jemt.v13.5(61).07

Abstract

This research is concerned with stating the legal provisions set for tort liability of environmental Pollution as stated by the Environmental Protection Law No. 6 of 2017 and its amendments. In fact, and at the beginning, the research approached the definitions of each of the terms of environmental Pollution, types, and sources of ecological Pollution according to the methodology of the Jordanian legislators. Further, the Environmental Protection Law No. 6 of 2017 and its amendments and Jordanian Civil Law No. (43) Of 1976 were analyses, after which the elements on which the tort liability is based were concluded, followed by examining some of the cases presented to the Jordanian judiciary.

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