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Small island states and international law : the challenge of rising seas / Carolin König.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- König, Carolin, author.
- Series:
- Routledge research in international law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islands--Law and legislation.
- Islands.
- States, Small.
- Climatic changes--Law and legislation.
- Climatic changes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 262 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
- Biography/History:
- Carolin Kn̲ig works as a lawyer in a law firm specializing in energy law. Her personal focus is on international law and the climate policy aspects of energy law. She studied law at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and holds a PhD in international law. She was a research assistant at the Institute for International Law with a focus on International Human Rights Protection at the University of the German Armed Forces in Munich. She also gained professional experience at the German Foreign Office, in various law firms, including in the field of asylum law, and as legal advisor to the Permanent Mission of the Maldives to the United Nations.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- What does an entity need to qualify as a state? : or what it takes to be a state
- When does a state cease to exist? : or what it takes not to be a state anymore
- What it means to be a state : the emergence of the modern state and its significance today
- What it means not to be a state anymore : the consequences of the loss of statehood for the state's population and the international community
- Closing remarks.
- Notes:
- Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Universität der Bundeswehr München, 2020) issued under title: Small island states, the international community, and the challenge posed by the rising sea.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 03, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: König, Carolin. Small island states and international law
- ISBN:
- 9781003263593
- 1003263593
- 9781000812053
- 1000812057
- 9781000812008
- 1000812006
- Publisher Number:
- 40031529177
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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