Hi all, I'm working on a paper about whether the political vs. legal status of the Copenhagen Accord matters. So I'm looking for empirical studies comparing the effectiveness of legal vs. non-legal agreements -- for example, studies that compare the effectiveness of the Cairo Guidelines on hazardous wastes with the Basel Convention, or the voluntary UNEP/FAO PIC procedures for chemicals and pesticides with the Rotterdam Convention. I know there's some theoretical writing on this topic (for example, in the legalization issue of IO), and some studies arguing for the effectiveness of soft law (in Shelton's book on Commitment and Compliance). But what I'm most interested in are comparative studies of legal and non-legal agreements. So if you're aware of any (either in the environmental arena or in international relations more generally), please let me know.
Thanks in advance for your help. Best regards Dan Bodansky
