Intro; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction: Is Contemporary International Environmental Law Based on Science?; 1.1 Arbitrary Adoption of Laws Before the Eyes of an Environmentalist; 1.2 Case Study: The Regulations of the International Seabed Authority; 1.3 Definitions of the Main Terms-of-Art; 1.3.1 Composition of and Role Distinction Between Political and Expert Bodies; 1.3.2 Experts as Natural and Social Scientists; 1.3.3 Science-Based Policy Making, Science-Based Decision-Making and Science-Based Lawmaking

1.3.3.1 The Relationship Between Decision-Making and Lawmaking1.4 First Attempt to Define Science-Based Lawmaking; Chapter 2: Historical Background: What Are the Lessons Learnt from the Past and What Remains To Be Answered; 2.1 From Platoś Philosopher-King to Enlightment, Noocracy, Expert Technocracy and Eco-technocracy; 2.2 Milestone Instruments Calling for Effective Integration of Science in International Environmental Law; 2.2.1 Early Bilateral and Multilateral Environmental Conventions; 2.2.2 Acknowledgment of the Importance of Science in Treaty-Making; 2.2.3 The Road to Stockholm

2.2.4 The 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment2.2.5 The 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development; 2.2.6 The State of International Environmental Law at the 2002 UN World Conference on Sustainable Development; 2.2.6.1 ``Shall Be Based upon Scientific Findings;́́ 2.2.6.2 The Requirement for the Scientific Basis of the Conventions; 2.2.6.3 The Requirement for the Best Scientific Evidence Available; 2.2.7 Deployment of New Environmental Tools: Risk Assessments and Environmental Impact Assessments; 2.2.7.1 Environmental Impact Assessments

2.2.7.2 Unresolved Environmental Issues, Such As Overpopulation, Forest Protection, River Dead Zones and Thermohaline Circulat ... 2.2.7.3 New Approaches Are Necessary: The ``Cocktail Effect á́nd the Biology Approach; Part I: Pathology of International Environmental Law; Chapter 3: Fragmentation of Science, International Environmental Law, and International Institutions; 3.1 The Principle of Specialization in International Institutions; 3.2 The Need for an Ecosystems Approach and an Integrated Approach; 3.3 Integrated Approach and Institutional Cooperation

3.4 Delays in International Responses to New Environmental Problems Such as Climate Change3.5 Impotence to Design Large-Scale Scientific Models; 3.6 Efforts for the Promulgation of a Coherent Set of General Principles of International Environmental Law; 3.6.1 Montevideo Program; 3.6.2 The Case of the United Nations Forum on Forests; Chapter 4: Causes of Pathology; 4.1 Vagueness of the Provisions in International Environmental Law; 4.2 Legislative Inaction in the Face of Scientific Uncertainty; 4.2.1 Chaos Theory and Certainty; 4.3 Questioning Science