Overview

More than ever before the changing environmental and political landscape in the Arctic requires stability and foreseeability based on resilient common norms. The emerging legal orders in the Arctic cannot be legitimately created or effectively implemented unless all relevant actors are involved. Simultaneously, it must always be based on respect for the sovereign rights of the eight Arctic states in the region, as well as the tradition and cultural livelihood of the local communities. It is this delicate balance between Arctic and non-Arctic interests that is the core problématique for the emerging legal orders in the Arctic. Emerging Legal Orders in the Arctic critically examines the role of non-Arctic actors in this advancement of the shape and scope of the Arctic legal order. Discussing the admittance and participation of Observer states and organisations in the Arctic Council, including task force meetings where new treaties are negotiated, it details the issues and successes this can result in. Setting up the context of the current legal orders in the Arctic, the book discusses Asian, indigenous and European perspectives, amongst others. There is a strong focus on the groundbreaking fisheries agreement of November 2017 in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO), and the impact on both Arctic and non-Arctic actors. Interests in marine living resources, scientific cooperation and the Arctic shipping regimes and governance are also thoroughly discussed from multiple perspectives. The book combines the expertise of academics and practitioners in the fields of international law and Arctic governance, uniquely focusing on Asian actors in the Arctic legal order-making. The resulting study is a fascinating insight into the interplay between non-Arctic actors and the Arctic legal order, and will be invaluable to academics in the field of Arctic and international law.

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Author:   Akiho Shibata ,  Leilei Zou ,  Nikolas Sellheim ,  Marzia Scopelliti
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9781138618510

ISBN 10:   1138618519
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   17 April 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Illustrations Contributors Acknowledgements Acronyms An Ocean in the Making: Non-Arctic Actors and the Emerging Arctic Legal Orders AKIHO SHIBATA, LEILEI ZOU, NIKOLAS SELLHEIM & MARZIA SCOPELLITI Part I – Setting the Contexts The Current and Future Role of Non-Arctic States in Arctic Governance TIMO KOIVUROVA The Rise of Asia and Arctic Legal Order-making: Political-Economic Settings AKI TONAMI Japan’s Role in Formation and Strengthening of Arctic Legal Orders KEIJI IDE China’s Arctic Policy White Paper and Its Influence on the Future of Arctic Legal Developments EGILL THOR NIELSSON & BJARNI MAR MAGNUSSON Part II – People(s) in the Arctic Our Homeland: Arctic Indigenous Peoples’ Perspective of Non-Arctic States DALEE SAMBO DOROUGH Sustaining a Conservationist Agenda? NGO-Influence on Arctic Sealing, Whaling and Hydrocarbon Regimes MARZIA SCOPELLITI & NIKOLAS SELLHEIM Part III – Arctic Marine Legal Order-making The Five-plus-five Process on Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Negotiations: Reflecting Interests of Arctic and Non-Arctic Actors JOJI MORISHITA Participation in the Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement ERIK MOLENAAR 10. The Role of Transnational Knowledge Networks and Epistemic Communities in Arctic Shipping Governance RASMUS GJEDSSØ BERTELSEN 11. Russia’s Legislative Development Pertaining to the Northern Sea Route and Its Interaction with Russian-Sino Arctic Cooperation LEILEI ZOU Part IV – The Universality of Science and the Arctic Council 12. The Arctic Science Cooperation Agreement: A Perspective from Non-Arctic Actors AKIHO SHIBATA State Observers and Science Cooperation in the Arctic Council: Same Same But Different? SEBASTIAN KNECHT & JENNIFER SPENCE 14. China in the Arctic Council: Existing Problems and Prospective Solutions YUANYUAN REN Appendix Agreement on Enhancing International Arctic Scientific Cooperation, signed by the eight Arctic states on 11 May 2017, entered into force on 23 May 2018 Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean, signed by Canada, the People’s Republic of China, the Kingdom of Denmark in respect for the Faroe Islands and Greenland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Kingdom of Norway, the Russian Federation, the United States of America and the European Union on 3 October 2018 Index

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Akiho Shibata is a Professor of International Law and Director, Polar Cooperation Research Centre (PCRC) at Kobe University, Japan. Leilei Zou is a Professor at Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China. Nikolas P. Sellheim is a postdoctoral researcher at the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki, Finland. Marzia Scopelliti is a PhD candidate in Law at Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.

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