Chapter 1Introduction&Michael Faure， Han Lixin & Shan Hongjun 1
Part Ⅰ General Issues in Prevention and Compensation of Marine Pollution Damage 11
Chapter 2 Prevention and Compensation for Marine Pollution&Wang Hui 13
Chapter 3 Marine Pollution and the Right of Entry in Maritime Ports for Ships in Distress&Eddy Somers 41
Chapter 4 Lost Ecosystem Goods and Services as a Measure of Marine Damages&James Boyd 55
Chapter 5 Liability and Compensation for Environmental Damage Caused by Ship-Source Oil Pollution： Actionability of Claims&Proshanto K&Mukherjee 75
Chapter 6 Funds’ Admissibility Criteria for Pure Economic Loss Claims versus British Judicial Stand： Complementary or Contradictory？&Baris Soyer 97
Chapter 7 Is the Polluter Pays Principle Really Fundamental？ An Economic Explanation of the Relative Unimportance of Environmental Liability and Taxes in US Environmental Law&Jason&Scott Johnston 111
Part Ⅱ The Bunker Convention 121
Chapter 8 The Era after the Bunker Convention： Is the Gap in China’s Regime for Compensating Victims of Vessel-Source Oil Spills Filled？&Shan Hongjun 123
Chapter 9 Discussion on Limitation of Liability and Compulsory Insurance of Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage from Ships in China&Han Lixin & Wang Dapeng 145
Part Ⅲ Criminal Law 159
Chapter 10 Criminal Liability for Oil Pollution Damage： An Economic Analysis&Michael Faure 161
Chapter 11 Criminal Liability and Vessel-Source Pollution in the European Union and the United States： Inspiration for the Prevention of Vessel-Source Pollution in China？&Liu Nengye & Frank Maes 193
Chapter 12 Criminal Liability of Master and Crew in Oil Pollution Cases： A Possible Conflict between the Law of the Sea Convention （UNCLOS）， MARPOL and the European Directive 2005/35/EC&Marc A&Huybrechts 215
Chapter 13 Criminal Liabilities for Ship-Source Pollution Based on the Laws of China&Jiang Yuechuan 231
Chapter 14 Civil and Criminal Liabilities Concerning Marine Pollution in Hong Kong&Li Lianjun & Qin Mu 247
Part Ⅳ United States 261
Chapter 15 A Comparison of the Recovery of Compensation for Injury to Natural Resources under the 92 CLC and Fund Conventions with the US Oil Pollution Act of 1990&Robert Force 263
Chapter 16 National Interests Influence in Compensation for Damages Resulting from Oil Pollution： The Experience of the United States and Its Reference to China&Li Tiansheng & Han Lixin 285
Chapter 17 Study on Ocean Pollution Damage Legislation between the United States and China： A Comparative Perspective&Guo Ping 299
Part Ⅴ China 321
Chapter 18 China and International Protection of Marine Environment&Song Ying 323
Chapter 19 On the Application of CLC 92 in China&Chen Qi 347
Chapter 20 Compensation for the Domestic Oil Pollution in China’s Coast：Which Law Shall Apply？&Zhang Liying 359
Chapter 21 Compulsory Liability Insurance on Carriage of Liquid and Dangerous Cargo by Coastal and Inland Waters in China&Chu Beiping & Zhang Jinlei 371
Chapter 22 The Factors Affecting Judicial Authentication on Maritime Oil Pollution and Relevant Solving Measures&Sun Guang 385
Part Ⅵ Case Studies 397
Chapter 23 Legal Issues from the Hebei Spirit Oil Spill Incident&Hu James Zhengliang 399
Chapter 24 A Review and Critical Analysis on the MSC Ilona Oil Spill Incident at Pearl River Estuary&Li Zhonghua & Zhou Zhujun 413
Chapter 25 A Case Study of Compensation for Marine Oil Pollution Damage：Centring in the Compensation Claim of the Amorgos Oil Pollution Accident&Wang Yuh-Ling 423
Part Ⅶ Comparative Conclusions 443
Chapter26Comparative Conclusions&Michael Faure， Han Lixin & Shan Hongjun 445