| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 314 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 103 |
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Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 103.
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| Contents |
1. Territory -- 1. Hans Island -- 2. Svalbard -- 3. Greenland -- 4. Sverdrup Islands -- 5. Summary -- 2. Maritime boundaries -- 1.1973 Canada-Denmark Boundary Treaty -- 2.1990 Bering Sea Treaty -- 3. Maritime boundaries around Jan Mayen -- 4.2006 Greenland-Svalbard Boundary Treaty -- 5.2010 Barents Sea Boundary Treaty -- 6. Lincoln Sea boundary -- 7. Summary -- 3. Beaufort Sea boundary -- 1. Background -- 2. Resolution efforts -- 3. Canada's legal position -- 4. United States' legal position -- 5. Law of maritime boundary delimitation within 200 nautical miles -- 6. Law of maritime boundary delimitation beyond 200 nautical miles -- 7. Potential negotiating positions -- 7.1. Unilateral recognition of the other state's position -- 7.2. Coastal length -- 7.3. Relevance of islands -- 7.4. Concavity of the coastline -- 7.5. Canada's position beyond the EEZ -- 7.6. Inuvialuit Final Agreement: a complicating factor -- 7.7. United States' position beyond the EEZ |
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8. Options for United States-Canada cooperation -- 8.1. Canada makes a preliminary or partial submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf -- 8.2. United States sends a "no objection statement" to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf -- 8.3. Canada and United States maximize combined EEZ rights with a "special area" -- 8.4. Multifunctional delimitation -- 8.5. Provision of economic access rights -- 8.6. Joint development arrangement -- 9. Russia-Canada maritime boundary in the Beaufort Sea? -- 10. Summary -- 4. Extended continental shelves -- 1. Continental shelf regime -- 2. Seafloor highs -- 2.1. Oceanic ridges -- 2.2. Submarine ridges and submarine elevations -- 3. Geomorphological and geological characteristics of the central Arctic Ocean -- 3.1. Lomonosov Ridge -- 3.2. Alpha/Mendeleev Ridge -- 3.3. Submissions, responses, and diplomacy -- 4. Options for submissions to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf |
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4.1. Full submission without coordination with other states -- 4.2. Exclude any disputed or potentially disputed area from the submission -- 4.3. Agree not to object to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf considering data -- 4.4. Coordinated submissions -- 4.5. Joint submission -- 5. Negotiating temporary lines or permanent boundaries before submitting -- 5.1. Negotiate temporary lines in advance of Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf submissions -- 5.2. Negotiate permanent boundaries in advance of Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf submissions -- 6. Options for maritime boundary delimitation -- 6.1. Delimitation of seafloor highs -- 6.2. Delimiting ridges with sector or distance formulae -- 6.3. Canada-Denmark boundary along the Lomonosov Ridge -- 6.4. Third-party dispute resolution -- 7. Non-Arctic states and Arctic continental shelves -- 8. Summary -- 5. Arctic Straits -- 1. Northwest Passage |
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1.1. Voyage of the SS Manhattan -- 1.2. Voyage of the USCGC Polar Sea -- 1.3. European Union and China -- 1.4.1988 Arctic Cooperation Agreement -- 1.5. Concerns about a precedent -- 2. Northern Sea Route -- 2.1. Vil'Kitskii incidents -- 2.2. Opening of the Northern Sea Route -- 3. Assessment of Canada's and Russia's legal positions -- 4. Canada-Russia cooperation -- 5. Canada-United States cooperation -- 6. Bering Strait -- 7. Unimak Pass -- 8. Nares Strait -- 9. Multilateral mechanisms available to "strait states" -- 10. Submarine voyages -- 11. Summary -- 6. Environmental protection -- 1. Species protection -- 1.1. Northern fur seals -- 1.2. Polar bears -- 1.3. Whales -- 2. Fisheries -- 2.1. Bering Sea "donut hole" -- 2.2. Arctic Ocean Fisheries Organization -- 3. Shipping -- 3.1. Ship safety -- 3.2. Ballast water -- 4. Nuclear accidents -- 5. Deep-sea mining -- 6. Air-borne pollution -- 6.1. Persistent organic pollutants -- 6.2. Arctic haze -- 6.3. Black carbon -- 7. Oil spills |
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7.1. United States -- 7.2. Canada -- 7.3. Norway -- 7.4. Greenland -- 7.5. Russia -- 7.6. Liability for oil spills -- 7.7. Agreement on oil spill preparedness and response -- 8. Ecosystem-based management -- 9. Summary -- 7. Indigenous peoples -- 1. Political participation and self-determination -- 2. Indigenous rights and state claims -- 3. Indigenous transnationalism and international law-making -- 4. Circumpolar Inuit Declaration on Sovereignty -- 5. Does sovereignty "begin at home"? -- 6. Seal product exports -- 7. Indigenous peoples and human rights -- 8. Indigenous peoples and whaling -- 9. Indigenous peoples and nuclear weapons -- 10. Summary -- 8. Security -- 1. De-escalating the Pole -- 2. China -- 3. Arctic nuclear-weapon-free zones -- 4. Non-state actors -- 4.1. Drug-smuggling -- 4.2. Illegal immigration -- 4.3. Trafficking of weapons of mass destruction -- 4.4. Terrorist attacks on aircraft -- 4.5. Protests against oil and gas infrastructure -- 5. Search and rescue -- 6. Summary |
| Summary |
Sets out the international law relevant to the Arctic, from Indigenous peoples to environmental protection to oil and gas exploration |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-296) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 20, 2013) |
| Subject |
LAW -- International.
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International cooperation
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International law
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Zeevervoersrecht.
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Arctic.
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Arctic Ocean.
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Territorial sovereignty.
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Maritime boundaries.
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Continental shelf.
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Contiguous zone.
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Maritime zones.
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Straits.
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Environmental protection.
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Indigenous peoples.
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International law.
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International status.
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| SUBJECT |
Arctic regions -- International status
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Arctic regions -- International cooperation
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| Subject |
Arctic Regions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Baker, James (Arctic scholar), author.
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| ISBN |
9781107417601 |
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1107417600 |
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9781107337442 |
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1107337445 |
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9781107420243 |
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1107420245 |
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1299842313 |
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9781299842311 |
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1107042755 |
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9781107042759 |
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9781107421578 |
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1107421578 |
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1107425662 |
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9781107425668 |
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1139893572 |
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9781139893572 |
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1107683904 |
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9781107683907 |
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