Civil Liability for Air Pollution in the Jordanian Legislation

This study aimed to reveal the civil liability for air pollution in the Jordanian legislation. Thus, it is necessary to determine the civil liability resulting from air pollution, to ensure that the environment is not assaulted, and that the natural resources are not exhausted, and to impose an environmental balance, hence from this point has emerged the importance of civil liability on air pollution. The descriptive analytical approach was used by describing the available texts of the articles and analyzing them to reach the conclusions, in addition to the use of the comparative approach when it is necessary, to benefit from the Jurisprudence of the courts regarding the subject of civil liability for air pollution. The study reached the prominent results including: Air pollution is considered as one of the most dangerous forms of pollution due to its negative consequences on the climate and of the Ozone layer. It is recommended that the legislator needs to establish specialized courts to take into account the environmental disputes due to their specificity as the elements of civil liability emerge from the environmental pollution, especially the pillars’ fault and damage.