The New England Law Review held its 2008 symposium, The Bhopal Disaster Approaches 25: Looking Back to Look Forward, on Feb. 8. The symposium discussed:
the causes and environmental and public health consequences of the 1984 chemical plant explosion in Bhopal, India;
theories of liability under which American companies can be held accountable for their international conduct through the lens of Bhopal; and
modern corporate responsibility in light of such disasters.