The seal hunt : : cultures, economies and legal regimes / / by Nikolas Sellheim.

• Author: Sellheim, Nikolas.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Queen Mary Studies in International Law 30.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (375 pages).
• Notes: Expanded version of author's thesis (doctoral - University of Lapland, Faculty of Law, 2016) issued under title: Legislating the blind spot : the EU seal regime and the Newfoundland seal hunt.

In The Seal Hunt: Cultures, Economies and Legal Regimes , Nikolas Sellheim offers a deep analysis of the seal hunt worldwide. He engages on a journey from the northern to the southern hemisphere and explores how the seal hunt has shaped cultures all over the world up to this day. By analysing the different national and international regimes dealing with the seal hunt, Sellheim shows how the perception of the seal and the seal hunt has changed over time and space. Focusing on the European Union and the World Trade Organization, the volume offers an account on how opposition towards the seal hunt has found its way onto the international spheres of governance and trade.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Cultures and Economies -- Legal Regimes -- The European Union and the Seal Hunt -- Public Morality, International Trade Law and the Seal Hunt -- Concluding Thoughts.