Threatened island nations [electronic resource] : legal implications of rising seas and a changing climate / edited by Michael B. Gerrard, Gregory E. Wannier.
Contributor(s): Gerrard, Michael | Wannier, Gregory E | ProQuest (Firm).
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BookPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2013Description: xix, 639 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.).Subject(s): Sea level -- Environmental aspects -- Islands of the Pacific | Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- Islands of the Pacific | Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- Islands of the Pacific | Environmental refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Islands of the Pacific | Sea level -- Environmental aspects -- Islands of the Indian Ocean | Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- Islands of the Indian Ocean | Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- Islands of the Indian Ocean | Environmental refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Islands of the Indian Ocean | Liability for climatic change damages | Islands -- Law and legislationGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 344.14/2046 Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Introduction. -- Sea level rise in a changing climate / Mary-Elena Carr, Madeleine Rubenstein, Alice Graff, Diego Villareal -- Part II: Sovereignty and territorial concerns. -- When do states disappear?---thresholds of effective statehood and the continued recognition of "Deterritorialized" island states / Jenny Grote Stoutenburg -- The nation ex-situ / Maxine Burkett -- Introducing the Law of the Sea and the legal implications of rising sea levels / Ann Powers -- Options to secure maritime jurisdictional claims in the face of global sea level rise / Clive Schofield & David Freestone -- Sea level rise and maritime zones: preserving the maritime entitlements of 'disappearing' states / Rosemary Rayfuse -- Part III: Resettlement protections and proposed solutions. -- Human rights and climate change: reflections on international legal issues and potential policy relevance / Siobhan McInerney-Lankford -- Refugee and human rights protections for climate migrants in the international system / Michele Klein Solomon & Koko Warner -- 'In the face of looming catastrophe:' a treaty for climate change displaced persons and its discontents / David Hodgkinson & Lucy Young -- The national immigration policy options: limits and potential / Katrina Wyman -- Domestic law for resettlement of persons displaced by climate change / Leslie Stein -- Part IV: Establishing accountability. -- Could a small island successfully sue a big emitter? pursuing a legal theory and a venue for climate justice / Jacob Werksman -- Making good the loss: an assessment of the loss and damage mechanism under the UNFCCC process / Ilona Millar, Catherine Gascoigne & Elizabeth Caldwell -- Ocean acidification: international legal avenues under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea / Dean Bialek -- Securing planetary life sources for future generations: legal actions deriving from the ancient sovereign trust obligation / Mary Christina Wood, Stephen Leonard, Nicola Peart & Daniel Bart -- Transboundary climate challenge to coal: one small step against dirty energy, one giant leap for climate justice / Maketo Robert, Leonito Bacalando, Jasper Teulings, Kristin Casper, Jan Jan Rytr & Kristina Abov�a.
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