The Global Commons: An Introduction

The Global Commons: An Introduction. By SUSAN ). BUCK. London: Earthscan, 1998, 225 pp. 14.95 (pbk). ISBN 1 85383 563 3

The exploitation of the global commons is a relatively recent phenomenon as the technology to economically exploit the available resources within them has only recently become available.

This volume examines the legal and political contexts which have impacted upon the evolution of management regimes for the four global commons: Antarctica, the high seas and deep sea bed, the atmosphere and outer space. Each is analyzed through an amalgamation of theoretical approaches, while questioning whether we are in a 'Croatian moment' ('a...