List of illustrations
List of acronyms and abbreviations
List of contributions
Acknowledgements
1. Polar law as burgeoning discipline / Rachael Johnstone, Yoshifumi Tanaka, and Vibe Ulfbeck
Part I : International legal order in the polar regions
Section A : Legal regimes governing the polar regions
2. Polar legal system / Yoshifumi Tanaka, Rachael Johnstone, and Vibe Ulfbeck
3. Territorial claims to Antarctica / Patrizia Vigni
4. Challenges relating to baselines in Polar Regions / Suzanne Lalonde and Clive Schofield
5. Maritime boundary delimitation in the Polar Regions / Bjarni Már Magnússon and Snjólaug Árnadóttir
6. The jurisdiction of coastal states in ice-covered waters / Suzanne Lalonde and Ted L McDorman
7. Navigational rights and freedoms in the Polar Regions / Erik Franckx
8. Scientific research in the Polar Regions / Betsy Baker
9. The changing maritime security landscape in the Polar Regions / Sophia Galani
10. Dispute settlement and the Polar Regions / Donald R Rothwell
Section B : Environmental protection of the polar region
11. Two models on environmental protection of the Polar Regions / Yoshifumi Tanaka
12. Environmental impact assessment in the Polar Regions / Romain Chuffart and Julia Jabour
13. Climate change and Polar Regions / Tim Stephens
14. Protection of biological diversity in the Polar Regions by marine protected areas / Ingvild Ulrikke Jakobsen
15. Wilderness protection in the Polar Regions / Antje Neumann
Section C : Polar resource management
16. Regulation of fisheries in Polar Regions / Rosemary Rayfuse
17. Marine mammals in the Polar Regions / Malgosia Fitzmaurice and Rob C Steenkamp
18. International regulation of mineral resources activities in the Polar Regions / Alan D Hemmings and Timo Koivurova
Part II : Regional issue of international institutions and actors
Section A : Institutional approach to the polar governance
19. The IMO and outstanding maritime safety and environmental issues under the Polar Code / Marel Katsivela
20. The international seabed authority and the Polar Regions / Edwin Egede
21. The Arctic Council and its "legislative" activities / Natalia Loukacheva
22. The Antarctic Treaty consultative meetings as a forum of law-making / Luis Valentin Ferrada
Section B : Rights of Indigenous peoples
23. Colonisation at the poles, incomplete decolonisation and the creation of Indigenous Peoples / Rachael Lorna Johnstone
24. Indigenous rights and human rights / Paul Patton
25. The Girjas Saami Case : Indigenous Peoples' right to dispose freely of natural resources / Jan Mikael Lundmark
26. Natural resource development in the Arctic and the question of Sami Land Rights in Finland / Juha Joona and Tanja Joona
Section C : Special issues
27. The evolving Constitution of Greenland / Helle Kunke, Natuk Lund Olsen, Manasse Lars Mikaelsen and Sune Klinge
28. Svalbard / Tore Henriksen
29. Japan and the Polar Region / Kentaro Nishimoto
30. China and the Polar Region / Nengye Liu, Sanna Kopra and Jiliang Chen
Part III : Private governance in the polar legal system
31. Mineral exploitation licences in Greenland : the modification issue / Rasmus Grønved Nielsen and Vibe Ulfbeck
32. Sustainable development in contract law : Greenland Impact Benefit Agreements (IBAs) / Lone Wandahl Mouyal
33. Meaningful stakeholder consultation and social impact assessment / Karin Buhmann
34. Corporate governance and Native Alaskan corporations / Grant Christensen
35. Mutually agreed terms, arctic genetic resources and Private International Law / David Leary
36. China's investment treaties with the Arctic States : time for revision? / Maxim Usynin
Section B : Shipping in the polar regions
37. Charterparty contracts and clauses for Arctic shipping / Richard L. Kilpatrick
38. Oil pollution liability for Polar shipping / Erik Røsæg
39. Polar cruise ship tourism and liability for injuries of passengers and workers : are they in the same boat? / Vibe Ulfbeck and Marlene Louise Buch Andersen
40. Shipping, insurance and the Polar Code / Trine-Lise Wilhemsson and Hans Jacob Bull
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