Regime Interaction and Common Interests in Regulating Human Activities in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

Abstract

This chapter illustrates what is at stake when regimes interact in developing ocean governance in order to regulate activities in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). It shows that the individual regimes involved construct commons or common interests but do so in markedly different ways. It argues that the manner in which a regime constructs a common or common interest is dependent on the political choices that were made when a regime was negotiated. The chapter also illustrates that regime interaction offers a useful analytical lens for developing insights into why contestation emerges when regimes interact.

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