Trail Smelter Dejgi Vu: Extraterritoriality,International Environmental Law, and the Search for Solutions to Canadian-U.S. Transboundary Water Pollution Disputes
By Austen L. Parrish , February 8, 2012
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This article examines the problem of transboundary pollution between the United States and Canada. It discusses the Trail Smelter Arbitration, a landmark decision in international environmental law, and the current Trail Smelter dispute. This article concludes that the use of international arbitration provides an effective, and too often overlooked, way to resolve transboundary water pollution issues.
