Leadership plays a critical but poorly understood role in determining the success or failure of
the processes of institutional bargaining that dominate efforts to form international regimes …

Antarctica, the high seas and deep seabed, the atmosphere, and space are increasingly
accessible-and exploited-resource domains. Collectively known as the global commons …

An Introduction to Contemporary International Law: A Policy-Oriented Perspective
introduces the reader to all major aspects of contemporary international law. It applies the …

The development of rules of international law concerning protection of the environment is of
little significance unless accompanied by effective means for ensuring enforcement and …

The Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy is a comprehensive
presentation of definitions, philosophies, policies, models, and analyses of global …

Popular and scientific concern has been rising about the possibility that human activities will
result in damaging global climate change.'Along with recent weather extremes, a number of …

International negotiations to address global warming will dot the diplomatic landscape for
some time. In December 1988, the UN General Assembly unanimously passed a special …

J) uring the October 1959 conference in Washington to negotiate the Antarctic Treaty, the
Argentine Ambassador observed that it" has not been convened to institute regimes or to …

The United Nations General Assembly has recently appealed to all countries to “refrain from
taking any action directed at undermining the [law of the Sea] Convention or defeating its …

The Coase literature presumes that agents will passively accept a property rights
assignment, and then bargain. We use a game-theoretic approach to show that rational …