Papers by Daria Ratsiborinskaya
The article reviews the provisions and precedents on liability for the change of climate. It argu... more The article reviews the provisions and precedents on liability for the change of climate. It argues that the old fashioned manner with which legal issues are dealt appears to be one of the reasons for the lack of progress with modernization of the country.
The European Union has just recently gained jurisdiction over investment law, which may lead to r... more The European Union has just recently gained jurisdiction over investment law, which may lead to revision of existing investment treaties with the view to include there environmental provisions. Until that time, the European legal environmental standards are applied as a voluntary condition in foreign direct investment projects in the third countries. The author argues that in this way the European environmental laws, principles and best practices become an ‘export commodity’ and inevitably cause certain influence on the legal standards of the third countries. The article looks at possible influence environmental legal norms and standards may have when EU-based investors ‘go international’ and start to operate outside the European Union. It calls for more research on application of environmental standards in such projects as key factor behind the EU support for development of a ‘green’ international investment regime.
Climate change liability: transnational law and practice
... English law Silke Goldberg and Richard Lord, 18. Russia Fiona Mucklow Cheremeteff, Max Gutbro... more ... English law Silke Goldberg and Richard Lord, 18. Russia Fiona Mucklow Cheremeteff, Max Gutbrod, Daria Ratsiborinskaya and Sergei Sitnikov, North America: 19. Canada Meinhard Doelle, Dennis Mahony and Alex Smith, 20. ...
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Papers by Daria Ratsiborinskaya