The precautionary principle and international law: the challenge of implementation.

1. Origins and development of the precautionary principle D. Freestone, E. Hey. Part I: The legal challenges of the precautionary principle. 2. The rights and interests of future generations and the precautionary principle A. Kiss. 3. The status of the precautionary principle in international law J. Cameron, J. Abouchar. 4. State responsibility and the precautionary principle C. Tinker. 5. What you risk reveals what you value, and other dilemmas encountered in the legal assaults on risks A. Nollkaemper. Part II: The wider context of implementing the precautionary principle. 6. The relationship between policy, science, technology, economics and law in the implementation of the precautionary principle K. von Moltke. 7. Scientific methods and the precautionary principle L.D. Mee. 8. Integrating precautionary scientific methods into decision-making J.S. Gray. 9. The economics of taking care: an evaluation of the precautionary principle D. Fleming. Part III: Some legal and institutional aspects of implementing the precautionary principle. 10. The precautionary approach in international human rights law: how it can benefit the environment M.T. Kamminga. 11. EC Environmental policy - a pre-cautionary tale? L. Hancher. 13. Glocalization: the precautionary principle and public participation, with special reference to the UN framework convention on climate change J. Gupta. Conclusions. 14. Implementing the precautionary principle: Challenges and opportunities D. Freestone, E. Hey.