Intergenerational Trusts and Environmental Protection

Part 1 Introduction: Trust Law and environmental protection; private law techniques for environmental regulation. Part 2 Private and charitable trusts: private trusts; charitable trusts; trust institutions - the National Trust; trust funds. Part 3 Public trust: development of the doctrine; effect of the public trust doctrine; why use the public trust doctrine?; is the public trust doctrine a trust concept? Part 4 The concept of the trust in International Law - intergenerational or planetary trust: the theory of intergenerational equity; evaluation of intergenerational equity; intragenerational equity. Part 5 The legal status of intergenerational equity under international law: the legal status of intergenerational equity under international law; planetary obligations and duties of use; "creeping intergenerationalization' and other relevant principles of international environmental law. Part 6 International trusteeship and trust funds: international trusteeship; breach of trust under the mandates and trusteeship system; the trust concept - a general principle of international law?; defining the trust.