Author : Gudmundur Alfredsson
Publisher : Yearbook of Polar Law
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,14 MB
Release : 2022-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004509450
The papers in this volume are principally based on presentations at the Polar Law Symposium, held online with logistical support by the Kobe University Polar Cooperation Research Centre (PCRC), in November 2020.
Author : Karen N. Scott
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 44,26 MB
Release : 2020-12-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 1788119592
This timely Research Handbook explores the concept of polar law as a coherent body of law and as a set of rules and principles that applies to both the Arctic and Antarctic. It captures the evolution of polar law and policy, identifying future directions for research in this emerging and growing field.
Author : Nordic Council of Ministers
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,62 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : 9289320567
The idea for this textbook developed from the recognition of the need to disseminate information about Polar Law as an emerging field of legal studies - an area of study long overdue greater recognition. Developments in the Polar Regions - the Arctic and Antarctica - are now the subject of growing interest and importance. They concern a divergent range of global and regional development issues and beg further inquiry into the role of law in dealing with many of these issues. This textbook is the first educational material of its kind. It attempts to illustrate the importance of legal values in addressing various challenges across the Nordic region, among remote Arctic communities and globally. The textbook focuses on the various developments in international and domestic law concerning the Polar Regions (e.g., issues of environmental law, law of the sea, resources, human rights law and Indigenous peoples' rights, etc.). By looking at linkages between different areas of law and the other social sciences, the textbook also explores the relevant aspects of the economic, social and political developments affecting both Polar areas (e.g., questions of Polar governance, economics, and the political situation in some of the Arctic areas)
Author : Yoshifumi Tanaka
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 38,10 MB
Release : 2023-07-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 1000900150
Polar law describes the normative frameworks that govern the relationships between humans, States, Peoples, institutions, land and resources in the Arctic and the Antarctic. These two regions are superficially similar in terms of natural environmental conditions but the overarching frameworks that apply are fundamentally different. The Routledge Handbook of Polar Law explores the legal orders in the Arctic and Antarctic in a comparative perspective, identifying similarities as well as differences. It points to a distinct discipline of "Polar law" as the body of rules governing actors, spaces and institutions at the Poles. Four main features define the collection: the Arctic-Antarctic interface; the interaction between global, regional and domestic legal regimes; the rights of Indigenous Peoples; and the increasing importance of private law. While these broad themes have been addressed to varying extents elsewhere, the editors believe that this Handbook brings them together to create a comprehensive (if never exhaustive) account of what constitutes Polar law today. Leading scholars in public international and private law as well as experts in related fields come together to offer unique insights into polar law as a burgeoning discipline.
Author : Michael Byers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 31,7 MB
Release : 2013-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1107042755
Sets out the international law relevant to the Arctic, from indigenous peoples to environmental protection to oil and gas exploration.
Author : Julia Jabour
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 35,34 MB
Release : 2015-04-23
Category :
ISBN : 9289340835
Current Polar law developments indicate that both the Arctic and the Antarctica will continue to be the focus of growing scientific, international, political, media and public discourse for the foreseeable future. The regulation of resources and associated issues form one of the key areas of Polar law and will thus continue to constitute the crux of legal, geopolitical, socio-economic, and environmental developments. An overview of Polar law questions and topical developments was provided in the pioneering 2010 Polar Law Textbook and in the 2013 Polar Law Textbook II both of which covered a number of topics relevant to the Polar resources debate. Building on this work, this new volume focuses on topical issues of law and resource development in the Polar Regions and covers topics of current and emergent resource-related issues mainly from a legal and political perspective.
Author : Kristina Spohr
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 12,88 MB
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0999740687
The Arctic, long described as the world’s last frontier, is quickly becoming our first frontier—the front line in a world of more diffuse power, sharper geopolitical competition, and deepening interdependencies between people and nature. A space of often-bitter cold, the Arctic is the fastest-warming place on earth. It is humanity’s canary in the coal mine—an early warning sign of the world’s climate crisis. The Arctic “regime” has pioneered many innovative means of governance among often-contentious state and non-state actors. Instead of being the “last white dot on the map,” the Arctic is where the contours of our rapidly evolving world may first be glimpsed. In this book, scholars and practitioners—from Anchorage to Moscow, from Nuuk to Hong Kong—explore the huge political, legal, social, economic, geostrategic and environmental challenges confronting the Arctic regime, and what this means for the future of world order.
Author : Donald R. Rothwell
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,75 MB
Release : 2018
Category : International law
ISBN : 9781785364150
International Polar Law brings together seminal articles and essays on the law of the polar regions. This single volume traces the historical development of polar law in the Arctic and Antarctic and then analyses in detail the specific legal regimes that have developed for both regions. Common elements assist in the assessment of recent and future developments in international polar law as it has evolved from a narrow legal discourse into one that reflects a significant body of international law for regions that have increasing importance in global affairs. With an original introduction by the editors, this collection will be a valuable resource for students, academics and practitioners.
Author : Nordic Council of Ministers
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,68 MB
Release : 2013-05-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 928932550X
This textbook represents the outcome of a cooperative process between an international group of well-known experts in the area of Polar law and related studies. Polar Law Textbook II further draws upon Polar law as an evolving and developing field of studies which is gaining increasing recognition and intersects with many other areas in the social sciences and humanities. It explores a variety of legal issues in the Arctic and Antarctica (i.e., questions of human rights law, environmental law, law of the sea, continental shelf, climate change, energy law, resources, indigenous peoples' rights, etc.,) but also covers the relevant aspects of geopolitics, security, governance, search and rescue, biodiversity, devolution, institutions (e.g., the Arctic Council) and political developments.
Author : Gudmundur Alfredsson
Publisher : Brill Nijhoff
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,40 MB
Release : 2024-11-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004541450
The Yearbook of Polar Law covers a wide variety of law and policy topics relating to the Arctic and the Antarctic, and even the Third Pole. Many of the articles draw on presentations made at the annual Symposiums on Polar Law. The Editors-in-Chief are Gudmundur Alfredsson of the Stefansson Arctic Institute in Akureyri and the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, Julia Jabour of the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Timo Koivurova of the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, and Akiho Shibata of the Polar Cooperation Research Centre, Kobe University. Articles published in the Yearbook are peer reviewed, unless otherwise noted. The Yearbook will also carry book reviews and occasional news stories. The topics covered in the Yearbook include: - human rights issues, such as autonomy, self-government and self-determination, the rights of indigenous peoples to land and natural resources, cultural rights and cultural heritage, and indigenous traditional knowledge - local, national and corporate governance issues - environmental law, climate change, security and human rights implications of climate change, protected areas and species, and biodiversity - regulatory and management agreements and arrangements for marine environments, marine mammals, fisheries conservation and other biological/mineral/oil resources - jurisdictional and other issues re the exploration, exploitation and shipping of oil, gas and minerals - law of the sea, the retreating sea ice, and continental shelf claims - trade law, potential shipping lines through the northwest and northeast passages, maritime law and transportation law - territorial claims and border disputes on both land and at sea - peace and security, and dispute settlement - the roles and actual involvement of international organizations in the polar regions, such as the Arctic Council, the Nordic Council, the International Whaling Commission, the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the United Nations, and - the activities of NGOs, think tanks and academic institutions This Yearbook contains a selection of papers presented at the 15th Polar Law Symposium and other papers submitted, with an additional political commentary and book reviews.
