The complex subject matter of environmental liability law is explained in a well-substantiated and up to date manner in this revised edition. The private law liability standards of the Environmental Liability Act (UmweltHG), the Atomic Energy Act (AtomG), the Federal Mining Act (BBergG), the Federal Emission Control Act (BimSchG), the Genetic Engineering Act (GenTG), the Liability Act (HaftPflG) and the Federal Water Act (WHG) are presented against the backdrop of the comprehensive individual regulations of the environmental liability legal system of liability in tort, strict liability, disturbance liability and contributory liability. The fundamental problems are presented systematically in the style of the “General Part of Environmental Liability Law.”