Introductory observations and approach
International environmental regimes and their treaties
International climate regime
Effectiveness of international environmental regimes and 'creative legal engineering'
International regimes as normative systems
Methodology for determining the norms, sources and underlying theories of international law in the international climate regime
Sources of legal norms in the international climate regime and the negotiations leading up to and at the Copenhagen conference
Sources of legal norms in the international climate regime and Compliance Committee methods of interpretation
Increasing robustness of the international climate regime as a system of norms
Conclusions.