Some of the Inadequacies of the Traditional International Pollution-Control System

question 47

Multiple Choice

Some of the inadequacies of the traditional international pollution-control system include:

• A) voluntary consent by nations to international litigation or arbitration of environmental disputes is rare.
• B) litigation in the polluting company's home country can be circumvented by having all actions and decisions occur through a subsidiary in the less environmentally conscientious country.
• C) A and B.
• D) neither A nor B.

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Definitions:

Personality

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Life Span

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Relative Consistency

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Situationism

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