Damage to Property Located at a Border
The three different legal perspectives of property damage at borders.
The three different legal perspectives of property damage at borders.

The Trail Smelter Arbitration (1938 and 1941) arose from sulfur dioxide emissions released by a Canadian smelting operation in Trail, British Columbia, which caused documented damage to crops, forests, and land in the State of Washington

In reality, borders are complex legal spaces where property rights, environmental protection, criminal law, immigration policy, national security, and human rights collide.
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