环境法的重心是环境法学研究的基本理论问题,环境法应当以何者为重心,直接决定了环境立法以至整个环境法律体系的发展方向和发展道路。近年来,我国环境法学者对这一问题给予较大的关注,围绕这一问题,各方也展开了充分的讨论。不过,在环境法应当以权利为重心还是以义务为重心这两个相互对立的观点之中,权利重心论一直占据着主导地位。这是因为,人们普遍认为法律“是坚持权利本位还是坚持义务本位,是法治国家和非法治国家的重要区别, The focus of environmental law is the basic theoretical issue in the study of environmental law. Which environmental law should focus on directly determines the development direction and development path of environmental legislation and environmental law system as a whole. In recent years, environmental law scholars in our country have given more attention to this issue. Around this issue, all parties have also held sufficient discussions. However, right-center theory has always dominated the two conflicting views that environmental law should focus on rights or on obligations. This is because it is generally believed that the law ”insists on the standard of rights or insists on the basis of obligation, and is an important distinction between a country ruled by law and a country ruled illegally.