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Author Stoutenburg, Jenny Grote

Title Disappearing Island States in International Law
Published Brill, 2015

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Contents Small island states and the threat of anthropogenic climate change -- The effect of sea level rise on the maritime entitlements of small island states -- A new regime of stable maritime zones -- When do states disappear : thresholds of effective statehood -- Who determines whether an island state has disappeared? -- The continued recognition of 'deterritorialized' island states -- The consequences of state extinction versus continued existence as a 'deterritorialized' state or legal entity sui generis -- Summary and conclusion : the limits of ex post solidarity in the context of climate change
Summary Several low-lying atoll island states are at risk of losing their entire territory due to climate change-induced sea level rise. In Disappearing Island States in International Law, Jenny Grote Stoutenburg analyzes the international legal implications of this unprecedented situation
Analysis Extinction of states
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Islands -- Law and legislation.
Submerged lands -- Law and legislation.
Climatic changes -- Law and legislation.
LAW -- International.
Climatic changes -- Law and legislation
International law
Islands -- Law and legislation
Submerged lands -- Law and legislation
Islands.
Small states.
Climate change.
Environmental refugees.
Maritime zones.
Maritime boundaries.
Law of the sea.
Disappearing States.
SUBJECT Islands of the Pacific -- International status
Islands of the Indian Ocean -- International status
Subject Indian Ocean -- Islands of the Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean -- Islands of the Pacific
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9004303014
9789004303003
9004303006
9789004303010