Four Principles to Justify Claims to Jurisdiction and to Natural Resources in Antarctica
Global pressure over Antarctic resources will mount in the course of the coming decades. Three factors are likely to motivate states to claim jurisdictional rights or rights to natural resources in Antarctica: climate change, dwindling natural resources in the rest of the world, and the fact that –...
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crbrillap:10.1163/22116427_011010010 2023-05-15T14:12:20+02:00 Four Principles to Justify Claims to Jurisdiction and to Natural Resources in Antarctica Mancilla, Alejandra 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22116427_011010010 https://brill.com/view/journals/yplo/11/1/article-p170_10.xml https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/yplo/11/1/article-p170_10.xml unknown Brill The Yearbook of Polar Law Online volume 11, issue 1, page 170-191 ISSN 1876-8814 2211-6427 journal-article 2020 crbrillap https://doi.org/10.1163/22116427_011010010 2022-12-11T12:46:59Z Global pressure over Antarctic resources will mount in the course of the coming decades. Three factors are likely to motivate states to claim jurisdictional rights or rights to natural resources in Antarctica: climate change, dwindling natural resources in the rest of the world, and the fact that – by virtue of Article IV of the Antarctic Treaty – the question of sovereignty remains unresolved. It is high time to think about the moral dimensions that should shape Antarctic claims in the future. Is there any state or group of states more entitled than others to make such claims? What does sound management of natural resources require? How should environmental concerns factor into decisions about jurisdictional control and appropriation of natural resources? With these broad questions in the background, in this article I examine four principles of justice that figure prominently in current theories of territorial rights and rights over natural resources in political philosophy: connection, capacity, fair distribution, and need. I show how these principles have been used by states, alone or in tandem, to justify claims to jurisdiction and claims to natural resources in Antarctica. After pointing to their main strengths and weaknesses, I suggest that they may be necessary, but insufficient to build a just framework for jurisdiction and appropriation of resources in the White Continent. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Yearbook of Polar Law Brill (via Crossref) Antarctic The Antarctic The Yearbook of Polar Law Online 11 1 170 191 |
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Global pressure over Antarctic resources will mount in the course of the coming decades. Three factors are likely to motivate states to claim jurisdictional rights or rights to natural resources in Antarctica: climate change, dwindling natural resources in the rest of the world, and the fact that – by virtue of Article IV of the Antarctic Treaty – the question of sovereignty remains unresolved. It is high time to think about the moral dimensions that should shape Antarctic claims in the future. Is there any state or group of states more entitled than others to make such claims? What does sound management of natural resources require? How should environmental concerns factor into decisions about jurisdictional control and appropriation of natural resources? With these broad questions in the background, in this article I examine four principles of justice that figure prominently in current theories of territorial rights and rights over natural resources in political philosophy: connection, capacity, fair distribution, and need. I show how these principles have been used by states, alone or in tandem, to justify claims to jurisdiction and claims to natural resources in Antarctica. After pointing to their main strengths and weaknesses, I suggest that they may be necessary, but insufficient to build a just framework for jurisdiction and appropriation of resources in the White Continent. |
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Four Principles to Justify Claims to Jurisdiction and to Natural Resources in Antarctica |
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