Produktbild
Terence Daintith

Finders Keepers?

How the Law of Capture Shaped the World Oil Industry

Buch

Since the beginnings of the oil industry, production activity has been governed by the 'law of capture, ' dictating that one owns the oil recovered from one's property even if it has migrated from under neighboring land. This 'finders keepers' principle has been excoriated by foreign critics as a 'law of the jungle' and identified by American commentators as the root cause of the enormous waste of oil and gas resulting from U.S. production methods in the first half of the 20th century. Yet while in almost every other country the law of capture is today of marginal significance, it continues in full vigour in the United States, with potentiall… Mehr

CHF 70.00

Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)

Versandfertig innerhalb 1-3 Werktagen

Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-933115-83-2
  • EAN: 9781933115832
  • Produktnummer: 20568506
  • Verlag: Taylor and Francis
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
  • Seitenangabe: 520 S.
  • Masse: 816 g
  • Abbildungen: Farb., s/w. Abb.
  • Gewicht: 816

Über den Autor


Terence Daintith is the former director of the University of London's Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. He is a visiting professor at the University of Western Australia and at the University of Melbourne Law School, and is co-editor of the standard treatise on United Kingdom oil and gas law.

12 weitere Werke von Terence Daintith:


Bewertungen


0 von 0 Bewertungen

Geben Sie eine Bewertung ab!

Teilen Sie Ihre Erfahrungen mit dem Produkt mit anderen Kunden.