Table of Contents

A framework for analysis, Harold K. Jacobson and Edith Brown Weiss; how compliance happens and doesn't happen domestically, David Vogel and Timothy Kessler; managing compliance - a comparative perspective, Abram Chayes et al; contingent knowledge - implications for implementation and compliance, Sheila Jasanoff; the five international treaties - a living history, Edith Brown Weiss; the United States - taking environmental treaties seriously, Michael J. Glennon and Alison L. Stewart; the European Union and compliance - a story in the making, Alberta M. Sbragia and Philipp M. Hildebrand; Japan - consensus-based compliance, James V. Feinerman and Koichiro Fujikura.

Promotional Information

An admirably systematic study of a topic which will continue to grow in importance. It is highly informative for anyone concerned with the effectiveness of multilateral law-making in general, and of environmental legislation is particular -- Ernst B. Hass, Robson Research Professor of Government, University of California In an era in which international treaty obligations are multiplying as fast as domestic statues, Engaging Countries raises important and timely questions about how to measure and promote compliance. It helps frame an interdisciplinary research agenda for lawyers, political scientists, and policymakers that extends beyond the environment to broader questions of global governance. -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign and Comparative Law, Harvard Law School Modern science reveals that the goals of international environmental accords, such as the Vienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer, are esential to the health of our planet. This collection of essays provides the illuminating service of demonstrating how compliance with these accords can be achieved and provides instruction on the complex array of difficulties all sectors of society face when seeking conformance with treaty obligations. -- Charles E. Di Leva, Senior Counsel, Environment and International Law Unit, The World Bank

About the Author

Nazli Choucri is Professor of Political Science at MIT, Director of the Global System for Sustainable Development (GSSD), and the author of Cyberpolitics in International Relations (MIT Press).