Material Talk: The Arctic Continental Shelf in the Law of the Sea Convention Discussion of the United States
Abstract The legal status of a large area of the Arctic seafloor is currently being redefined as the rapid melting of polar ice is enabling the exploitation and study of resource-rich underwater areas. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea contains legal rules for establishing exploita...
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crbrillap:10.1163/22116427-91000109 2023-05-15T14:39:32+02:00 Material Talk: The Arctic Continental Shelf in the Law of the Sea Convention Discussion of the United States Torssonen, Sami 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22116427-91000109 https://brill.com/view/journals/yplo/4/1/article-p689_30.xml https://data.brill.com/files/journals/22116427_004_01_S30_text.pdf unknown Brill The Yearbook of Polar Law Online volume 4, issue 1, page 689-708 ISSN 1876-8814 2211-6427 journal-article 2012 crbrillap https://doi.org/10.1163/22116427-91000109 2022-12-11T12:46:48Z Abstract The legal status of a large area of the Arctic seafloor is currently being redefined as the rapid melting of polar ice is enabling the exploitation and study of resource-rich underwater areas. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea contains legal rules for establishing exploitation rights to the newly accessible seafloor. The United States has not joined the Law of the Sea Convention but may be legally entitled to areas of the Arctic seafloor, which has caused an upsurge of political discussion among U.S. political elites. In this article, I examine the process by which Arctic seafloor and ice come to influence policy discussion in the United States. I highlight the way in which material policy influence can be treated as historical rather than monocausal by using new materialist theory. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Law of the Sea Yearbook of Polar Law Brill (via Crossref) Arctic The Yearbook of Polar Law Online 4 1 689 708 |
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Abstract The legal status of a large area of the Arctic seafloor is currently being redefined as the rapid melting of polar ice is enabling the exploitation and study of resource-rich underwater areas. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea contains legal rules for establishing exploitation rights to the newly accessible seafloor. The United States has not joined the Law of the Sea Convention but may be legally entitled to areas of the Arctic seafloor, which has caused an upsurge of political discussion among U.S. political elites. In this article, I examine the process by which Arctic seafloor and ice come to influence policy discussion in the United States. I highlight the way in which material policy influence can be treated as historical rather than monocausal by using new materialist theory. |
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