The idea for this textbook developed from the recognition of the need to disseminate information about Polar Law as an emerging field of legal studies - an area

Analysing the most important concepts and problems of the philosophy of polar law, this book focuses on the legal regimes relating to both the Arctic and Antarc

This timely Research Handbook explores the concept of polar law as a coherent body of law and as a set of rules and principles that applies to both the Arctic a

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