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

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  • Malini, Nair

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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.

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  • Malini, Nair, 2005. "Bhopal Gas Tragedy – A Social, Economic, Legal and Environmental Analysis," MPRA Paper 37856, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:37856
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    Keywords

    Bhopal; chemical disaster; legal aspects of a chemical disaster; economic aspects of a chemical disaster;
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    JEL classification:

    • K32 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology

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