GVPT 306 Chapter Notes - Chapter Sept. 11: Environmental Justice, Human Capital, Potassium Peroxymonosulfate
16 Sep 2018
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For environmental issues, the most common legal instrument is a convention: nonbinding agreements may form the centerpiece of a regime to the extent that it establishes norms that influence state behavior; these are often called soft law. Global environmental regimes: environmental regimes change over time. In 1946, the whaling regime was created to regulate the global whaling industry. In 1985, the regime shifted to an outright ban on commercial whaling: another example is marine oil pollution: In 1954, the international convention for the prevention of pollution of the sea by oil established rules only for ships within fifty miles of a coastline. Since veto states are rational, they will likely be prone to opposition regardless of the size of the group as a whole. If veto states are excluded, they may frustrate the formation of the regime when it is enlarged or may refuse to join altogether.
