International law and politics of the Arctic Ocean : : essays in honor of Donat Pharand / / edited by Suzanne Lalonde, Ted L. McDorman.

• TeilnehmendeR: Lalonde, Suzanne,; McDorman, Ted L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (470 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

International Law and Politics of the Arctic Ocean: Essays in Honor of Donat Pharand is a collection of essays in honor of Professor emeritus Donat Pharand by leading Arctic experts from around the globe. The volume offers a clear, concise and detailed analysis of many of the issues an expanded use of the Arctic Ocean raises and of critical importance for the legal and political processes unfolding in the Arctic region.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Donald McRae -- Donat Pharand: The Arctic Scholar / Suzanne Lalonde -- The Arctic Region Council Revisited: Inspiring Future Development of the Arctic Council / Kristin Bartenstein -- Lessons Learned and Lost from Pharand’s Arctic Regional Council Treaty Proposal / Andrea Charron -- Pharand’s Arctic Treaty: Would an Antarctic Treaty-Style Model Work in the Arctic? / Julia Jabour -- Article 234 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Its Origins and Its Future / Armand de Mestral -- A Note on Making the Polar Code Mandatory / J. Ashley Roach -- A Note on the Potential Conflicting Treaty Rights and Obligations between the IMO’s Polar Code and Article 234 of the Law of the Sea Convention / Ted L. McDorman -- The United States and Arctic Straits: The Northwest Passage and the Bering Strait / Donald R. Rothwell -- Analysis of Maritime Transit Trends in the Arctic Passages / Lasserre Frédéric and Alexeeva Olga -- Canada’s Arctic Waters: Circumnavigating the Legal Dispute / Oxman Bernard H. -- Understanding the Canada-United States Arctic Relationship / Elizabeth B. Elliot-Meisel -- The Dog in the Manger—and Letting Sleeping Dogs Lie: The United States, Canada and the Sector Principle, 1924–1955 / P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Peter Kikkert -- Canada–Russia Relations in the Arctic: Conflictual Rhetoric, Cooperative Realities / Jonathan R. Edge and David L. VanderZwaag -- Does Recent Practice of the Russian Federation Point to an Arctic Sunset for the Sector Principle? / Alex G. Oude Elferink -- Uncovered and Unstable Coasts: Climate Change and Territorial Sea Baselines in the Arctic / Schofield Clive and Sas Blanche -- Delineation of the Outer Limits of Canada’s Arctic Ocean Continental Shelf and its Delimitation with Neighboring States: Does It Matter Which Comes First? / Serdy Andrew -- A Note on Arctic Information Platforms and International Law / Baker Betsy -- Index / Suzanne Lalonde and Ted L. McDorman.