Philosophies of Polar Law

ISBN-13: 9780367528195 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 196 str.

Dawid Bunikowski; Alan D. Hemmings

Opis

Analysing the most important concepts and problems of the philosophy of polar law, this book focuses on the legal regimes relating to both the Arctic and Antarctic.

The book addresses the most fundamental concepts and problems of polar law, looking beyond the apparent biophysical similarities and differences of the two polar regions, to tackle the distinctive legal problems relating to each polar region. It examines key legal–philosophical areas of the philosophy of law around legal interpretation; the role of nation states, reflected in concepts of territorial sovereignty – whether recognised or merely asserted, the exercise of jurisdiction, and the philosophical justifications for such claims; as well as indigenous rights, land rights, civil commons and issues of justice.

The book will be of interest to students and scholars of polar law, land law, heritage law, international relations in the polar regions and the wider polar social sciences and humanities.

Spis treści

Introduction – Emerging Philosophies of Polar Law  Part I: Fundamental Concepts of the Philosophies of Polar Law  1. The Philosophy of Law in the Antarctic  2. The Philosophy of Law in the Arctic  Part II: Western Legal Framings  3. Decolonising Antarctica  4. The Arctic as Civil Commons  5. Philosophy of Science and Legal Disputes over Whaling in the Southern Ocean  Part III: Indigenous and non-Western Framings  6. Legal (non) Recognition of Sámi Customary Relationship with the Land in Finland: Challenges so ar and Prospects in the Modern Human Rights Era  7. Assimilation Policy contra Cultural Viability in the North  8. The Predicates of Chinese Legal Philosophy in the Polar Regions  Part IV: The Environment  9. Climate Change and the Role of Indigenous Peoples in Preserving Nature and Biodiversity with Special Emphasis on the Arctic  10. Environmental Perceptions and Values of the Russian Northern Indigenous Peoples