ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at the role of equity contestations in one of the most prominent environmental regimes in existence. It highlights the role of the common heritage of mankind (CHM), which inheres within an egalitarian conception of justice in shaping the discussions and policies of this regime. But it also goes on to show that, although the CHM and related equity concepts had some impact on the norPDWLYHVWUXFWXUHRIWKHUHJLPHLWZDVSROLFLHVWKDWµ¿W¶PDUNHWEDVHGLQWHUSUHWDWLRQ of justice that eventually prevailed in the design of the core rules of the regime.
