International law and the Arctic /

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Author / Creator:Byers, Michael, 1966- author.
Imprint:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Description:1 online resource (xviii, 314 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language:English
Series:Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 103
Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 103.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12597421
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Varying Form of Title:International Law & the Arctic
Other authors / contributors:Baker, James (Arctic scholar), author.
ISBN:9781107337442 (ebook)
9781107042759 (hardback)
9781107683907 (paperback)
Notes:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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. 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.
Other form:Print version: 9781107042759