Polar law textbook / Natalia Loukacheva, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Loukacheva, Natalia, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Polar regions.

Law.

Natural resources--Law and legislation--Polar regions.

Natural resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen : Nordic Council of Ministers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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)

Contents:

""1.1 What is Polar law?""; ""Further reading:""; ""Questions: ""; ""2.1 Introduction ""; ""2.2 The Development of International Environmental Law ""; ""2.3 General Comparisons of the Polar Regions from the Perspective of Environmental Protection ""; ""2.4 Overview of the Two Polar Regimes ""; ""2.5 Environmental Protection: Similarities and Differences in the Polar Regions ""; ""2.6 Similarities between the Environmental Protection Approaches of the Polar Regimes ""; ""2.7 Emerging Issues and Conclusions ""; ""Further reading:""; ""Questions:""; ""3.1 Introduction""

""3.2 Law of the Sea Realities and Challenges""""3.3 Governance of Polar Shipping: Similarities and Polarities""; ""3.4 Conclusion""; ""Further reading:""; ""Questions:""; ""4.1 Introduction ""; ""4.2 Antarctic Fisheries Exploitation ""; ""4.3 The Development of CCAMLR ""; ""4.4 Ecosystem and Precautionary Approaches in CCAMLR ""; ""4.5 The Management of Fisheries in the Arctic ""; ""4.6 Conclusion and Key Points ""; ""Further reading: ""; ""Questions: ""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Economic Analysis and the Northern Economy""; ""5.3 Economic Development in the North""

""5.4 Resource Extraction in the North: Costs and Benefits """"5.5 Conclusion: Challenges and Emerging Issues of Northern Economies""; ""Further reading:""; ""Questions:""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 The Resource Endowment""; ""6.3 Ownership of Oil and Gas and Mineral Resources ""; ""6.4 Oil and Gas Regimes: Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) and Nunavut""; ""6.5 Greenland""; ""6.6 Mining Regimes""; ""6.7 Sweden""; ""6.8 The Oil and Gas and Mining Industry and the Environment""; ""6.9 Conclusions""; ""Further reading:""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 The Arctic Governance Framework ""

""7.3 Arctic Cooperation, Institutional Complex and Actors """"7.4 The Right to Autonomy""; ""7.5 Indigenous Peoples� Right to Autonomy ""; ""7.6 Challenges of Northern Governance ""; ""7.7 Conclusion ""; ""Further reading: ""; ""Questions:""; ""8.1 Introduction ""; ""8.2 Human Rights ""; ""8.3 Indigenous Rights""; ""8.4 Draft Nordic Sami Convention""; ""8.5 Right of Self-Determination""; ""8.6 International Monitoring ""; ""8.7 Concluding Words ""; ""Further reading:""; ""Questions:""; ""9.1 Introduction""; ""9.2 The History of Greenland � a Short Version""

""9.3 The Home Rule Act of 1979""""9.4 The Societal and Economic Development of Greenland""; ""9.5 The Introduction of Self-Government""; ""9.6 The Greenland-Danish Self-Government Commission""; ""9.7 The Act on Greenland Self-Government of 2009""; ""9.8 The Main Provisions within the Act""; ""9.9 Conclusions""; ""Further reading:""; ""Questions:""; ""10.1 Introduction""; ""10.2 Background and History""; ""10.3 The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971""; ""10.4 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples""; ""10.5 The Right of Self-Determination""

""10.6 Hunting, Fishing and Gathering Rights""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

923313066