Offers an interesting historical perspective of the issue of decision and law-making in International Environmental Law

Presents a comparison of the law-making process of the majority of the international institutions with environmental relevance

Offers a new law-making model for the international environmental issues that comprises of best practices in lawmaking

Presents both scientific and legal information on main, current environmental issues, so that both scientists and lawyers that read the book may gain a complete picture

Introduction: Is Contemporary International Environmental Law Based on Science?.- Historical Background: What Are the Lessons Learnt from the Past and What Remains To Be Answered.- Part I.- Pathology of International Environmental Law.- Fragmentation of Science, International Environmental Law, and International Institutions.- Causes of Pathology.- Part II.- Normative Powers of the International Institutions with Environmental Competence.- Contemporary Lawmaking Processes and Progressive Lawmaking Processes That Bind the States Without Unanimous Vote.- Progressive Lawmaking Procedures in the Framework of International Institutions with Environmental Competence.- Normative Powers of Expert Bodies as Variables for Effective Environmental Governance.- Additional Theoretical Legal Bases for the Integration of Science in International Environmental Law Without Any Constitutional or Procedural Amendment.- Part III.- Democratic Governance and Public Accountability as Limitations to the Science-Based Lawmaking Model.- The Inherent Limits of the Science-Based Lawmaking Model.- Criticism Against the Delegation of Lawmaking Powers to Experts Based Upon Democratic Considerations.- Part IV.- "To Unite the Political Power with the Wisdom. . .": The Decision-Making Model That Accepts Expertise as a Basis of Legitimacy.- Why Would States Obey Rules Issued by Expert Bodies?.- Science Expertise as a Legitimacy Basis for Lawmakingand Additional Bases of Legitimacy.- A New Modus Operandi for the International Institutions with Environmental Competence.- Part V.- Towards a Comprehensive Science-Based Lawmaking Model.- Conclusion.