International Law and the Arctic

Climate change and rising oil prices have thrust the Arctic to the top of the foreign policy agenda and raised difficult issues of sovereignty, security and environmental protection. Improved access for shipping and resource development is leading to new international rules on safety, pollution prevention and emergency response. Around the Arctic, maritime boundary disputes are being negotiated and resolved, and new international institutions, such as the Arctic Council, are mediating deep-rooted tensions between Russia and NATO and between nation states and indigenous peoples. International Law and the Arctic explains these developments and reveals a strong trend towards international cooperation and law-making. It thus contradicts the widespread misconception that the Arctic is an unregulated zone of potential conflict.

About the author

Michael Byers holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia.

Summary

Climate change and rising oil prices have thrust the Arctic to the top of the foreign policy agenda and raised difficult issues of sovereignty, security and environmental protection. International Law and the Arctic explains these developments in a manner that is accessible to lawyers and non-lawyers alike.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Byers, Byers Michael, Michael (University of British Columbia Byers
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.07.2014
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law
• EAN: 9781107470903
• ISBN: 978-1-107-47090-3
• Pages: 342
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Internati > 103; Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
• Subjects: LAW / International, LAW / Public, Public International Law, Law of the Sea, Polar regions, Arctic regions, Arctic Ocean, Public international law: territory and statehood, International law of territory & statehood, Public international law: law of the sea