Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic: A Comment on The Arctic in Question
The international lawyer sometimes reads the current literature on the Canadian Arctic with a sense of uneasiness. A wide range of writers and scholars maintain an active discourse on questions relating to what is usually called “Arctic sovereignty.” It is not that the lawyer feels he has any specia...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0069005800000990 2024-03-03T08:40:42+00:00 Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic: A Comment on The Arctic in Question Wang, Erik B. 1977 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0069005800000990 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0069005800000990 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Canadian Yearbook of international Law/Annuaire canadien de droit international volume 14, page 307-316 ISSN 0069-0058 1925-0169 Law Political Science and International Relations journal-article 1977 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0069005800000990 2024-02-08T08:36:53Z The international lawyer sometimes reads the current literature on the Canadian Arctic with a sense of uneasiness. A wide range of writers and scholars maintain an active discourse on questions relating to what is usually called “Arctic sovereignty.” It is not that the lawyer feels he has any special wisdom or monopoly on discussions of questions of “sovereignty.” The sovereignty concept has several layers of meaning, only one of which can be said to be the special preserve of the lawyer. Public discussion in Canada is largely, and legitimately, focussed on policy questions that flow from sovereignty, from Canada's right to exercise authority, to the exclusion of that of any other state, over vast areas of arctic lands and waters. If war is too important a matter to be left to the generals, perhaps sovereignty is too important a matter to be left to the lawyers. Nevertheless, the lawyer is sometimes troubled by a tendency of non-legal commentators to blur his favourite distinctions and to question some of his most firmly held assumptions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Cambridge University Press Arctic Canada Canadian Yearbook of international Law/Annuaire canadien de droit international 14 307 316 |
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The international lawyer sometimes reads the current literature on the Canadian Arctic with a sense of uneasiness. A wide range of writers and scholars maintain an active discourse on questions relating to what is usually called “Arctic sovereignty.” It is not that the lawyer feels he has any special wisdom or monopoly on discussions of questions of “sovereignty.” The sovereignty concept has several layers of meaning, only one of which can be said to be the special preserve of the lawyer. Public discussion in Canada is largely, and legitimately, focussed on policy questions that flow from sovereignty, from Canada's right to exercise authority, to the exclusion of that of any other state, over vast areas of arctic lands and waters. If war is too important a matter to be left to the generals, perhaps sovereignty is too important a matter to be left to the lawyers. Nevertheless, the lawyer is sometimes troubled by a tendency of non-legal commentators to blur his favourite distinctions and to question some of his most firmly held assumptions. |
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Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic: A Comment on The Arctic in Question |
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Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic: A Comment on The Arctic in Question |
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Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic: A Comment on The Arctic in Question |
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