Colonisation at the Poles: A Story of Ineffective Occupation

Abstract This paper examines the legal concept of occupation of territory and its historic application to the Polar regions, to disclose the fallacies at the heart of the colonial projects at both Poles. It also considers how the increasing recognition of non-use value disrupts positivist accounts o...

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Published in:The Yearbook of Polar Law Online
Main Author: Johnstone, Rachael Lorna
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Brill 2022
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22116427_013010006
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