In 2020’s third issue of Legal Forum, Dr Dong Yan from our School’s Department of Law shared his thoughts in “An Explanatory Analysis on Excluding Hazardous Liability When Seeking Relief for Damages in Environmental Public Interest Litigation”. Blending both substantive and procedural law, Dong Yan explains the issue of relief in environmental public interest litigation from a prevention perspective. This article expounds on defining the connotation and denotation of excluding hazardous liability in the overall claim for damages. As for current findings in the literature, the article additionally reflects on their inner logical thinking in terms of tort and private law, and in doing so further explains the limitations of environmental public interest relief. From a constitutional perspective, the article attempts an interpretative approach to public law regarding the normative analysis of the proportionality principle. At the same time, Dr Dong Yan embodies the scientific research spirit of continuous reflection and active exploration, which we should all learn from and inherit.
