Research Handbook on Polar Law

Edited by Karen N. Scott, Professor of Law, School of Law, University of Canterbury, New Zealand and David L. VanderZwaag, Professor of Law and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Ocean Law and Governance, Marine and Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Canada

‘This excellent, comprehensive, and thought-provoking book articulates a set of existential questions for the structure of 'Polar law' in the world of accelerating change. The Research Handbook on Polar Law applies an ambitiously convergent focus on the Poles. The 22 chapters provide an excellent update on particular topics and a critical reflection on the challenges and opportunities of a distinct Polar approach. Beyond providing invaluable reference for researchers, the book helps see the bigger picture, stimulate innovative thinking, and allow for cross-pollination of ideas.’

• Contents:1 Introduction to Polar Law 1Karen N Scott and David L VanderZwaag2 Polar Regions in the Anthropocene 18Colin Summerhayes, Jan Zalasiewicz, Davor Vidas and Mark Williams3 The Antarctic Treaty System 40Jill Barrett4 Arctic Regional Agreements and Arrangements 64Timo Koivurova, Pirjo Kleemola-Juntunen and Stefan Kirchner5 People at the Poles 84Sara L Seck and Sarah L MacLeod6 Polar science diplomacy 105Paul Arthur Berkman7 The Arctic Ocean unscrambled: competing claims and boundary disputes 124Ted L McDorman and Clive Schofield8 Antarctic: competing claims and boundary disputes 146Shirley V Scott9 Emerging and non-traditional actors at the Poles 162Nengye Liu10 Southern Ocean fisheries 180Marcus Haward11 The evolving management of fisheries in the Arctic 199Alf Håkon Hoel12 Marine mammals at the Poles 217Richard Caddell13 Non-living resources and the Poles 249Rachael Lorna Johnstone and Scott Joblin14 Bioprospecting at the Poles 271David Leary15 Polar cruise tourism 292Daniela Liggett and Emma J. Stewart16 Principles of environmental protection at the Poles 325Robin Warner17 Marine protected area networks at the Poles 345Suzanne Lalonde18 Polar shipping law 370Kristin Bartenstein and Aldo Chircop19 Global trajectories of chemical pollution: legal gaps and complexities inthe Polar context 390Sabaa A Khan and Seita Romppanen20 Climate change and the Poles 412Rosemary Rayfuse21 Ocean acidification at the Poles: regional responses to marineenvironmental change in the Anthropocene 433Tim Stephens22 Evolution of a Polar Law 454Donald R Rothwell and Alan D HemmingsIndex