The Antarctic exception: sovereignty and the Antarctic Treaty governance

• Main Author: Sampaio, Daniela Portella
• Other Authors: Lasmar, Jorge Mascarenhas, Villa, Rafael Antonio Duarte
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da USP 2017
• Subjects: Antártica; Governança; Soberania; Sociedade internacional regional; Antarctica; Governance; Regional international society; Sovereignty; Antarctic; Argentina; New Zealand; Noruega; Norway; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/101/101131/tde-21062017-163536/; https://doi.org/10.11606/T.101.2017.tde-21062017-163536

This thesis discusses the undefined condition of sovereignty in Antarctica and its implications for the governance of the region. Antarctica emerged into international society with the expansion of its primary institutions in the nineteenth century. Sealing and whaling were the first practices and i...