The Global Commons: Environmental and Technological Governance, 2nd Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

International Agreements on the Global Commons

Abbreviations and Acronyms

1 The Governance of the Commons

The Nature of the Commons

The Global Commons

The 'Tragedy of the Commons'

Governance and Regimes

Notes

2 Regime Analysis

Issue Areas

Actors

Principles and Norms

Decision-making Procedures

Rules

Regime Change

Notes

3 The Oceans

The Law of the Sea

Whaling

Marine Pollution

The Deep Seabed

Summary

Notes

4 Antarctica

The Antarctic Treaty System -
A Single Regime

Principles and Norms

Organization and Procedures

Rules

Monitoring and Enforcement

Scientific Activity

Summary

Notes

5 Outer Space

The Space Commons and Space Law

Military Uses

Environment and Space Debris

Information Flow

Orbit and Spectrum

Summary

Notes

6 The Atmosphere

Stratospheric Ozone

Climate Change

Summary

Notes

7 Regime Effectiveness

Effectiveness as International Law

Effectiveness as Transfer of Authority

Effectiveness as Behaviour Modification

Effectiveness as Problem Solving

Regime Assessment

Notes

8 Explaining Regime Incidence and Change

Structural Explanations

Utilitarian Explanations

Plural Interests and Values

Changing Cognitions -
Epistemic Communities

A Synthesis?

Notes

9 Conclusion

Global and Local Commons

Multi-layer Governance

Notes

References

Index