Environmental Liability and Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe Book

Preface. Warsaw Conference. Executive Summary. Part I: I. Introduction. II. Environmental Liability in Central and Eastern Europe: The Legal Issues. III. Economic Impacts of Environmental Problems on Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe. IV. Privatization of Enterprises with Environmental Problems. V. The Role of Liability in Environmental Cleanups in Other Countries. VI. Containing the Costs(I): How Foreign Investors Manage Environmental Problems During Property Transfer. VII. Containing the Costs (II): Government Options for Dealing with Enterprise-Related Environmental Problems in Privatization. Part II: VIII. Capital Privatization and the Management of Environmental Liability Issues in Poland; (R. Greenspan Bell/T. Kojala.) IX. Legislating on Environmental Liability in Privatization: A Hungarian Example; (A. Sajó.) X. Due Diligence and Other Means of Coping with Environmental Risks in Privatization Transactions: The Point of View of the Private Investor; (T.T. Smith Jr.) XI. Assessment of the Hungarian Legal Approach; (A. Sajó.) XII. Environmental Liability in Property Transfer in Poland; (S. Wajda, J. Sommer.) XIII. Privatization and Environmental Liability: Assessment of the Laws and Policies of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic; (P. Tillinghast.) Glossary. Index.