Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. Law, non-law and the problem of 'soft law' / Dinah Shelton -- Normative development in the international legal system / Christine Chinkin -- Choosing to comply : theorizing from international relations and comparative politics / Peter M. Haas -- Beyond compliance : helping nations cooperate / Richard B. Bilder -- Interdependence, globalization, and sovereignty : the role of non-binding international legal accords / Wolfgang H. Reinicke and Jan Martin Witte -- The role of soft law in a global order / Mary Ellen O'Connell -- Commentary. Compliance with international soft law / Jonathan L. Charney -- The general assembly ban on driftnet fishing / Donald R. Rothwell -- Pesticides and chemicals : the requirement of prior informed consent / Mohamed Ali Mekouar -- The legal status and effect of antarctic recommended measures / Christopher C. Joyner -- Selected agreements concluded pursuant to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals / Clare Shine -- Commentary and conclusions / Alexandre Kiss -- International efforts against money laundering / Beth Simmons -- 'Soft law' in a 'hybrid' organization : the international organization for standardization / Naomi Roht-Arriaza -- Policy guidance and compliance : the World Bank operational standards / Laurence Boisson de Chazournes -- Environmental norms in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum / Lyuba Zarsky -- Commentary. r Compliance with non-binding norms of trade and finance / David A. Wirth -- A hard look at compliance with 'soft' law : the case of the OSCE / Erika B. Schlager -- International labor organization : recommendations and similar instruments / Francis Maupain -- Inter-American human rights law, hard and soft / Douglass Cassel -- Human rights codes for transnational corporations : the Sullivan and McBride principles / Christopher McCrudden -- Commentary and conclusions / Dinah Shelton -- Multilateral arms control / Dinah Shelton -- The system of non-proliferation export controls / David S. Gualtieri -- Protection of nuclear materials / Barry Kellman -- International regulation of land mines / Richard L. Williamson, Jr. -- Commentary / Abram Chayes and Dinah Shelton -- Conclusions. Understanding compliance with soft law / Edith Brown Weiss -- Editor's concluding note. The role of non-binding norms in the international legal system / Dinah Shelton.