Amanda Wolf - Quotas in International Environmental Agreements

Edited by Philippe Sands, Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD), School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London University

Global environmental problems demand global, cooperative solutions. That means rethinking international law. Building on their formidable international experience, Philippe Sands and his colleagues have launched us into that rethink. A legal parallel to the Blueprint series: welcome, timely and provocative. David Pearce

UNCED called for the further development of international law in the field of sustainable development. A new area of law is now evolving to take into account issues of environment, development and social justice. The books in this series aim to address and define the main legal issues involved and to contribute to the progressive development of law.

Other titles in the series, all available from Earthscan, include:

Greening International Institutions
Edited by Jacob Werksman
ISBN 1 85383 244 8

Greening International Law
Edited by Philippe Sands
ISBN 1 85383 151 4

Improving Compliance with International Environmental Law
Edited by James Cameron, Jacob Werksman and Peter Roderick
ISBN 1 85383 261 8

Interpreting the Precautionary Principle
Edited by Tim ORiordan and James Cameron
ISBN 1 85383 200 6

Property Rights in the Defence of Nature
Elizabeth Brubaker
ISBN 1 85383 278 2

Amanda Wolf

First published by Earthscan in the UK and USA in 1997

This edition published 2013 by Earthscan

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Copyright Amanda Wolf, 1997

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ISBN: 978-1-85383-400-4 (pbk)

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Cover design by Elaine Marriott

This book owes much to my family, for emphasizing learning and for unflagging confidence. I am grateful to my teachers for their guidance and encouragement. Many others contributed to this project in wonderful ways. More immediately, I thank Philippe Sands, and Rowan Davies at Earthscan and my copy editor Andrea Reeves-Smyth for helping to bring this book to fruition. I acknowledge with particular gratitude Karen Baehler, Peter Brown, Paul Gargan, John Horowitz, Alan Miller, Charlotte Pratt, David Rodgers, Rose Ryan, Carol Schatz, Thomas Schelling, Allen Schick, Elisabeth Slooten, Bert Spector, David Victor, Cath Wallace, Charles Wolf, Joan Wolf, and Bill Zartman. Special thanks are due to Peyton Young who, when he needed a graduate mathematician for research assistance, took a gamble instead on a neophyte with philosophy training. Over the years he has been an exemplary mentor. My deepest debt of gratitude is to my partner, David Turner, whose love, intelligence and spirit of adventure bring me such joy. Finally, I would like to acknowledge financial support from the University of Maryland School of Public Affairs, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.