PART ONE Introduction 3
1 Ecology and political ecology 3
2 Environmental public order 7
Actors 7
Interests 9
The logic of interest achievement 11
Taking account of environmental costs and benefits 13
Trends in environmental public order and recommendations for the future 14
Obiter dictum on minimum and optimum order 16
PART TWO Trends in development of environmental public order 19
3 Concepts of international environmental law 19
Determination of competence over resources 20
Regulation of use of resources 31
Access of people to resources 66
4 Processes of international environmental organization 75
Gathering， processing， and disseminating environmental information 76
Promotion of environmentally sound thinking and practices 79
International environmental law-making 83
Invocation of international machinery for environmental causes 89
Application of policies in concrete circumstances 92
Termination of ecologically unsound practices and amelioration of the consequences and costs of change 96
Appraisal of the ongoing environmental decision-making system 99
International environmental funding and some related matters 101
PART THREE Analysis of trends in environmental order and recommendation of future policies 107
5 Towards an international ecological law and organization 107
‘Custodianship’ and ‘delegation of powers’ as the conceptual framework 108
International environmental law to date 110
Evolution of international environmental organization 124
Review of the public order theory and concepts 135
A final word to political philosophers 137
PART FOUR Problem studies in international environmental law and organization 141
6 State responsibility for environmental protection and preservation 141
Background of state environmental responsibility 142
Prevention of environmental deprivations 144
Deterrence of impending environmental harm 150
Reparation or compensation for environmental injury 162
7 International environmental dispute settlement 176
Information availability 178
Types of international environmental disputes 178
Primary dispute settlement procedures 179
Secondary jurisdiction for recognition and enforcement 195
‘Compulsory’ provisions 198
NOTES 201
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 279
TABLE OF CASES 283
INDEX OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS 285
NAME INDEX 291
SUBJECT INDEX 297