Geographical Change and the Law of the Sea

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Kate Purcell (Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of New South Wales)

Geographical Change and the Law of the Sea

Kate Purcell (Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of New South Wales)

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Oxford University Press
09 January 2020

International relations; Treaties & other sources of international law; Law of the sea; Political geography; Global warming

Series: Oxford Monographs in International Law

This book examines the implications of geographical change for maritime jurisdiction under the law of the sea. In a multistranded intervention, it challenges existing accounts of the consequences of climate-related change for entitlement to maritime space, maritime limits, and international maritime boundaries. It also casts new light on the question of whether a loss of habitable land and large-scale population displacement will precipitate a loss of territorial sovereignty and the legal 'extinction' of affected States.

This study of the legal significance of geographical change is grounded in an in-depth study of the role of geography in the law of the sea. As well as offering a new perspective on the pressing question of how climate change will affect maritime jurisdiction, territorial sovereignty, and statehood, the book contributes to the scholarship on maritime delimitation and international boundaries generally (on land and at sea). It includes an analysis of the principle of intertemporal law that suggests a useful framework for considering questions of stability and change in international law more broadly.

This rigorous and original study will be of value to anyone concerned with the implications of climate-related change for maritime jurisdiction, territorial sovereignty, and statehood. Its broader analysis of the existing law and engagement with a range of doctrinal debates through the lens of the question of geographical change will be of interest to scholars and practitioners of the law of the sea, the law of territory, and the law relating to international boundaries.

By: Kate Purcell (Postdoctoral Fellow Postdoctoral Fellow University of New South Wales)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 237mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780198743644
ISBN 10: 0198743645
Series: Oxford Monographs in International Law
Pages: 324
Publication Date: 09 January 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tables Abbreviations Introduction: The Legal Terrain 1. Geography in the Law of the Sea 2. UNCLOS and the 'Ambulatory Thesis' 3. Article 7(2) and the Special Case of Deltaic Coasts 4. The Permanent Limits of the Continental Shelf 5. Fluidity in Maritime Boundaries: The Law of the Sea Treaties 6. Principles and Presumptions in an Assessment of Boundary Fluidity 7. Projecting Change: The Map and the Territory 8. Charting Change: Practices and Practicalities 9. Conditions over Time: Lessons from the Island of Palmas Conclusion: The Limits of Geographical Change Bibliography

Dr Kate Purcell is a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney. She completed her studies in law at the University of Cambridge (PhD), University of Oxford (BCL), and University of New South Wales (LLB Hons). Geographical Change and the Law of the Sea is based on the author's doctoral thesis, which was awarded the Cambridge Law Faculty's Yorke Prize in 2015.