Introduction 1 Global environmental change and international law: The introductory framework -- Edith Brown Weiss Issues in international environmental law 2 International norm-making -- Paul C. Szasz 3 Changing requirements for international information -- Peter S. Thacher 4 Emerging principles and rules for the prevention and mitigation of environmental harm -- Toru Iwama 5 State responsibility, liability, and remedial measures under international law: New criteria for environmental protection -- Francisco Orrego Vicuna 6 Law and global environmental management: Some open issues -- Peider Konz 7 The legislation and implementation of ternational environmental law and the third world: The example of China -- Lai Peng Cheng 8 The human rights system as a conceptual framework for environmental law -- R.S. Pathak 9 The contribution of international human rights law to environmental protection, with special reference to global environmental change -- A.A. Cangado Trindade Future directions in international regimes

10 The implications of global change for the international legal system -- Alexandre Kiss
11 Restructuring the international organizational framework -- Paul C. Szasz 12 Intergenerational equity: A legal framework for global environmental change -- Edith Brown Weiss 13 Ecological security : Response to global challenges -- Alexandre S. Timoshenko A Global learning: Concept and applications -- Edward Ploman B Chronological index of selected internationaJ environmental legal instruments Contributors