Thursday, January 7, 2010

New Volume: Yearbook of Polar Law

The inaugural volume of the Yearbook of Polar Law (Vol. 1, 2009) is out. Contents include:
  • Gudmundur Alfredsson & Timo Koivurova, Introductory Words
  • David Leary, Editors Note
  • Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson, Looking beyond the International Polar Year: An Opening Address by the President of Iceland
  • David Leary, Looking beyond the International Polar Year: What are the Emerging and Re-emerging Issues in International Law and Policy in the Polar Regions?
  • Malgosia Fitzmaurice, So Much Law so Little Protection! A Case Study of the Protection of the Narwhal
  • Alan D. Hemmings, From the New Geopolitics of Resources to Nanotechnology: Emerging Challenges of Globalism in Antarctica
  • Kees I. Bastmeijer, Protecting Polar Wilderness: Just a Western Philosophical Idea or a Useful Concept for Regulating Human Activities in the Polar Regions?
  • Michael I. Jeffery, Terrestrial Area Management in Polar Regions: Applying the Eco-System-Based Approach to the Coalface of Climate Change
  • Kassie R. Siegel & Brendan R. Cummings, Polar Bears, a Melting Arctic, and the United States Endangered Species Act: The Role of Domestic Wildlife Law in Polar Biodiversity Protection
  • David Leary, Bioprospecting in Antarctica and the Arctic. Common Challenges?
  • Nigel Bankes, Land Claim Agreements in Arctic Canada in Light of International Human Rights Norms
  • Gudmundur Alfredsson, Human Rights and the Arctic
  • Asbjørn Eide, Indigenous Self-Government in the Arctic, and their Right to Land and Natural Resources
  • Natalia Loukacheva & Matthew D. Garfield, Sustainable Human Rights and Governance: The Quest of an Arctic Entity in Transition
  • Donna Craig, Implementing Sustainable Development in the Arctic: What Principles Should Guide Environmental Governance in Traditional Areas of Indigenous Peoples Facing the Impacts of Climate Change?
  • Robin Warner, Charting a Sustainable Course through Changing Arctic Waters
  • Olav Schram Stokke, Protecting the Arctic Environment: The Interplay of Global and Regional Regimes
  • Tullio Scovazzi, Legal Issues Relating to Navigation through Arctic Waters
  • Sandra Potter, Protecting Antarctica from Non-Native Species: The Imperatives and the Impediments
  • Arie Trouwborst, A Bird’s-Eye View of Arctic Governance: Reflecting on the Role of International Law in Arctic Cooperation from a Bird Conservation Perspective
  • Erik Molenaar, Arctic Fisheries Conservation and Management: Initial Steps of Reform of the International Legal Framework
  • Rosemary Rayfuse, Warm Waters and Cold Shoulders: Jostling for Jurisdiction in Polar Oceans
  • Timo Koivurova, Do the Continental Shelf Developments Challenge the Polar Regimes?
  • Andrew Serdy, Reactions and Overreactions to the Russian Flag on the Seabed at the North Pole
  • Paul Arthur Berkman, Arctic Ocean State-Changes: Self Interests and Common Interests
  • Paul Arthur Berkman, Antarctic Treaty Summit: Science-Policy Interactions in International Governance