Threatened island nations : legal implications of rising seas and a changing climate / edited by Michael B. Gerrard, Gregory E. Wannier.
2013
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Title
Threatened island nations : legal implications of rising seas and a changing climate / edited by Michael B. Gerrard, Gregory E. Wannier.
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Call Number
K3585.5 .T48 2013
ISBN
9781107025769 (hardback)
1107025761 (hardback)
9781107438606 (pbk.)
1107438608 (pbk.)
1107025761 (hardback)
9781107438606 (pbk.)
1107438608 (pbk.)
Description
xix, 639 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)810772729
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Beinecke Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Beinecke Fund
Table of Contents
Contributors
ix
Preface and Acknowledgments
xvii
pt. I
Introduction
1.
Overview / Michael B. Gerrard
3
2.
Sea Level Rise in a Changing Climate: What Do We Know? / Diego Villarreal
15
pt. II
Sovereignty and Territorial Concerns
3.
When Do States Disappear?: Thresholds of Effective Statehood and the Continued Recognition of "Deterritorialized" Island States / Jenny Grote Stoutenburg
57
4.
The Nation Ex-Situ / Maxine A. Burkett
89
5.
Introducing the Law of the Sea and the Legal Implications of Rising Sea Levels / Christopher Stucko
123
6.
Options to Protect Coastlines and Secure Maritime Jurisdictional Claims in the Face of Global Sea Level Rise / David Freestone
141
7.
Sea Level Rise and Maritime Zones: Preserving the Maritime Entitlements of "Disappearing" States / Rosemary Rayfuse
167
pt. III
Resettlement Protections and Proposed Solutions
8.
Human Rights and Climate Change: Reflections on International Legal Issues and Potential Policy Relevance / Siobhan McInerney-Lankford
195
9.
Protection of Persons Displaced as a Result of Climate Change: Existing Tools and Emerging Frameworks / Koko Warner
243
10.
"In the Face of Looming Catastrophe": A Convention for Climate-Change-Displaced Persons / Lucy Young
299
11.
The National Immigration Policy Option: Limits and Potential / Katrina M. Wyman
337
12.
Domestic Law for Resettlement of Persons Displaced by Climate Change / Leslie A. Stein
369
pt. IV
Establishing Accountability
13.
Could a Small Island Successfully Sue a Big Emitter?: Pursuing a Legal Theory and a Venue for Climate Justice / Jacob David Werksman
409
14.
Making Good the Loss: An Assessment of the Loss and Damage Mechanism under the UNFCCC Process / Elizabeth Caldwell
433
15.
Ocean Acidification: International Legal Avenues under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea / Judah Ariel
473
16.
Securing Planetary Life Sources for Future Generations: Legal Actions Deriving from the Ancient Sovereign Trust Obligation / Nicola Peart
531
17.
Transboundary Climate Challenge to Coal: One Small Step against Dirty Energy, One Giant Leap for Climate Justice / Kristina Sabova
589
Index
627