Noncompliance and the development of regimes addressing marine pollution from land-based activities

Elizabeth A. Kirk

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    Abstract

    The primarily action-oriented nature of obligations in regimes designed to address marine pollution from land-based activities makes establishing whether or not states are complying with their obligations difficult. At the same time, a lack of knowledge about and understanding of the marine environment and effectiveness of responses to pollution make noncompliance likely. These threats might undermine the legitimacy of any regime. However, they do not appear to do so here. Instead, they prompt action to improve on all counts. This effect appears to be largely a result of the tacit recognition of the distinction between willful, norm-generating and operational noncompliance by those party to the regimes, with each type of noncompliance generating a different response.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)235-256
    Number of pages22
    JournalOcean Development and International Law
    Volume39
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

    Keywords

    • Compliance
    • Marine pollution from land-based activities
    • Regime development
    • Law

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