The Shipping Industry, Ocean Governance and Environmental Law in the Paradigm Shift
This book examines the corpus of status quo environmental legal regime, geographical issues and redundant “stakeholder claims,” which persist in the Arctic. It examines multifarious theories relating not only to conflicting and opposing interests, but als
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Tafsir Johansson Patrick Donner
The Shipping Industry, Ocean Governance and Environmental Law in the Paradigm Shift In Search of a Pragmatic Balance for the Arctic
SpringerBriefs in Law
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Tafsir Johansson · Patrick Donner
The Shipping Industry, Ocean Governance and Environmental Law in the Paradigm Shift In Search of a Pragmatic Balance for the Arctic
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Tafsir Johansson World Maritime University Malmö Sweden
Patrick Donner World Maritime University Malmö Sweden
ISSN 2192-855X ISSN 2192-8568 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Law ISBN 978-3-319-12540-4 ISBN 978-3-319-12541-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-12541-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2014953257 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author(s) 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
In contemporary Arctic, there are numerous specific issues, i.e. theories on how to delineate jurisdictional boundaries, regulatory codes to deal with ameliorated commercial shipping, regulations on how to prepare for the possibility of oil spills under Arctic conditions, rules to impose on tour operators and so forth. In short, it is apparent that there is no scarcity of legal framework for the Arctic zone; however, those legal frameworks are likely to give rise to vigorous debates that result in decisions that may well have significant impacts on human activities in the circumpolar north. Underlying such debates, however, are in-depth or broader issues circulating the legal frameworks the Arctic members have employed to operate in specific environmental situations. What has been left out is the inescapable truth that the doors of the Arctic are opening up and any door that is open in the ocean is bound to be utilized by the shipping industry for commercial advantage. Th
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