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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 and Antarctic. It captures the evolution
of polar law and policy, identifying future directions for research
in this emerging and growing field. Expert international
contributors analyse the concept of polar law across a range of
areas including human rights, bioprospecting, tourism,
environmental protection and fisheries management. They examine how
Antarctic and Arctic regional regimes contribute to polar law,
scrutinizing international treaties, agreements and arrangements.
With a focus on the evolution of polar law in the context of the
Anthropocene, chapters cover key issues related to the poles, such
as climate change, minerals exploration and boundary disputes.
Demonstrating the benefits of polar as opposed to bipolar law, this
Research Handbook provides a critical assessment of contemporary
challenges to the field. Incorporating a diverse range of themes
and topics, this Research Handbook will be a valuable resource for
academics and students of polar law as well as those interested in
how international law applies to the polar regions. It will also be
beneficial for diplomats and policy makers working in polar law and
policy fields.
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 and Antarctic. It captures the evolution
of polar law and policy, identifying future directions for research
in this emerging and growing field. Expert international
contributors analyse the concept of polar law across a range of
areas including human rights, bioprospecting, tourism,
environmental protection and fisheries management. They examine how
Antarctic and Arctic regional regimes contribute to polar law,
scrutinizing international treaties, agreements and arrangements.
With a focus on the evolution of polar law in the context of the
Anthropocene, chapters cover key issues related to the poles, such
as climate change, minerals exploration and boundary disputes.
Demonstrating the benefits of polar as opposed to bipolar law, this
Research Handbook provides a critical assessment of contemporary
challenges to the field. Incorporating a diverse range of themes
and topics, this Research Handbook will be a valuable resource for
academics and students of polar law as well as those interested in
how international law applies to the polar regions. It will also be
beneficial for diplomats and policy makers working in polar law and
policy fields.
This book describes Martin Bucer (1491-1551) as a teacher of
theology, focusing on his time as Regius Professor of Divinity at
the University of Cambridge between 1549 and 1551. The book is
centered on his 1550 Cambridge lectures on Ephesians, and
investigates them in their historical context, exploring what sort
of a theologian Bucer was. The lectures are examined to find out
how they represent Bucer's method of teaching and "doing" theology,
and shed light on the relationship between biblical exegesis and
theological formulation as he understood it. Divided into two
interconnected parts, the book first sets the historical context
for the lectures, including a broad sketch of scholastic method in
theology and the biblical humanist critique of that method. It then
closely examines Bucer's practice in the Cambridge lectures, to
show the extent to which he was a theologian of the biblical
humanist school, influenced by the method Erasmus set forth in the
Ratio Verae Theologiae in which true theology begins, ends, and is
best "done" as an exercise in the exegesis of the Word of God.
The Antarctic Treaty (1959) was adopted for the purpose of bringing
peace and stability to Antarctica and to facilitate cooperation in
scientific research conducted on and around the continent. It has
now been over fifty years since the signing of the treaty,
nevertheless security continues to drive and shape the laws and
policy regime which governs the region. Antarctic Security in the
Twenty-First Century: Legal and Policy Perspectives assess
Antarctic security from multiple legal and policy perspectives.
This book reviews the existing security construct in Antarctica,
critically assesses its status in the early part of the
Twenty-First century and considers how Antarctic security may be
viewed in both the immediate and distant future. The book assesses
emerging new security threats, including the impact of climate
change and the issues arising from increased human traffic to
Antarctica by scientists, tourists, and mariners. The authors call
into question whether the existing Antarctic security construct
framed around the Antarctic Treaty remains viable, or whether new
Antarctic paradigms are necessary for the future governance of the
region. The contributions to this volume engage with a security
discourse which has expanded beyond the traditional military domain
to include notions of security from the perspective of economics,
the environment and bio-security. This book provides a contemporary
and innovative approach to Antarctic issues which will be of
interest to scholars of international law, international relations,
security studies and political science as well as policy makers,
lawyers and government officials with an interest in the region.
The Antarctic Treaty (1959) was adopted for the purpose of bringing
peace and stability to Antarctica and to facilitate cooperation in
scientific research conducted on and around the continent. It has
now been over fifty years since the signing of the treaty,
nevertheless security continues to drive and shape the laws and
policy regime which governs the region. Antarctic Security in the
Twenty-First Century: Legal and Policy Perspectives assess
Antarctic security from multiple legal and policy perspectives.
This book reviews the existing security construct in Antarctica,
critically assesses its status in the early part of the
Twenty-First century and considers how Antarctic security may be
viewed in both the immediate and distant future. The book assesses
emerging new security threats, including the impact of climate
change and the issues arising from increased human traffic to
Antarctica by scientists, tourists, and mariners. The authors call
into question whether the existing Antarctic security construct
framed around the Antarctic Treaty remains viable, or whether new
Antarctic paradigms are necessary for the future governance of the
region. The contributions to this volume engage with a security
discourse which has expanded beyond the traditional military domain
to include notions of security from the perspective of economics,
the environment and bio-security. This book provides a contemporary
and innovative approach to Antarctic issues which will be of
interest to scholars of international law, international relations,
security studies and political science as well as policy makers,
lawyers and government officials with an interest in the region.
"[Momaday] must be ranked among the greatest of our contemporary
writers."-American Scholar "Momaday's poems are rich with
description, lush with dreaming, and filled with magic." - Library
Journal (starred review) From Pulitzer Prize winner and revered
literary master N. Scott Momaday, a beautiful and enchanting new
poetry collection, at once a celebration of language, imagination,
and the human spirit. "Language and the imagination work hand in
hand, and together they enable us to reveal us to ourselves in
story. That is indeed a magical process. . . . We imagine and we
dream, and we translate our dreams into language." -from the
Preface A singular voice in American letters, Momaday's love of
language and storytelling are on full display in this brilliant new
collection comprising one hundred sketches or "dream
drawings"-furnishings of the mind-as he calls them. Influenced by
his Native American heritage and its oral storytelling traditions,
here are prose poems about nature, animals, warriors, and hunters,
as well as meditations that explore themes of love, loss, time, and
memory. Each piece, full of wisdom and wonder, showcases Momaday's
extraordinary lyrical talent, the breadth of his imagination, and
the transformative power of his writing. Dream Drawings is also
illustrated with a selection of black-and-white paintings by
Momaday that capture the spirit of his prose. Poignant, inspired,
and timeless, this is a collection that will nourish the soul.
This book critically explores the legal tools, concepts, principles
and instruments, as well as cross-cutting issues, that comprise the
field of international environmental law. Commencing with
foundational elements, progressing on to discrete sub-fields, then
exploring regional cooperative approaches, cross-cutting issues and
finally emerging challenges for international environmental law, it
features chapters by leading experts in the field of international
environmental law, drawn from a range of countries in order to put
forward a truly global approach to the subject. The book is split
into five parts: * The foundations of international environmental
law covering the principles of international environmental law,
standards and voluntary commitments, sustainable development,
issues of public participation and environmental rights and
compliance, state responsibility, liability and dispute settlement.
* The key instruments and governance arrangements across the most
critical areas of international environmental law: biodiversity,
wildlife, freshwater, forestry and soils, fisheries, marine
pollution, chemicals and waste, air and atmospheric pollution and
climate change. * Crucial developments in seven distinct regions of
the world: Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America, South East
Asia, the polar regions and small island states. * Cross-cutting
issues and multidisciplinary developments, drawing from multiple
other fields of law and beyond to address human rights and
Indigenous rights, war and armed conflict, trade, financing,
investment, criminology, technology and energy. * Contemporary
challenges and the emerging international environmental law regimes
which address these: the changing climate, forced migration, marine
plastic debris and future directions in international environmental
law. Containing chapters on the most critical developments in
environmental law in recent years, this comprehensive and
authoritative book makes for an essential reference work for
students, scholars and practitioners working in the field.
"These are the poems of a master poet. . . . When you read these
poems, you will learn to hear deeply the sound a soul makes as it
sings about the mystery of dreaming and becoming." - Joy Harjo,
Mvskoke Nation, U.S. Poet Laureate Pulitzer Prize winner and
celebrated American master N. Scott Momaday returns with a radiant
collection of more than 200 new and selected poems rooted in Native
American oral tradition. One of the most important and unique
voices in American letters, distinguished poet, novelist, artist,
teacher, and storyteller N. Scott Momaday was born into the Kiowa
tribe and grew up on Indian reservations in the Southwest. The
customs and traditions that influenced his upbringing-most notably
the Native American oral tradition-are the centerpiece of his work.
This luminous collection demonstrates Momaday's mastery and love of
language and the matters closest to his heart. To Momaday, words
are sacred; language is power. Spanning nearly fifty years, the
poems gathered here illuminate the human condition, Momaday's
connection to his Kiowa roots, and his spiritual relationship to
the American landscape. The title poem, "The Death of Sitting Bear"
is a celebration of heritage and a memorial to the great Kiowa
warrior and chief. "I feel his presence close by in my blood and
imagination," Momaday writes, "and I sing him an honor song." Here,
too, are meditations on mortality, love, and loss, as well as
reflections on the incomparable and holy landscape of the
Southwest. The Death of Sitting Bear evokes the essence of human
experience and speaks to us all.
This book critically explores the legal tools, concepts, principles
and instruments, as well as cross-cutting issues, that comprise the
field of international environmental law. Commencing with
foundational elements, progressing on to discrete sub-fields, then
exploring regional cooperative approaches, cross-cutting issues and
finally emerging challenges for international environmental law, it
features chapters by leading experts in the field of international
environmental law, drawn from a range of countries in order to put
forward a truly global approach to the subject. The book is split
into five parts: * The foundations of international environmental
law covering the principles of international environmental law,
standards and voluntary commitments, sustainable development,
issues of public participation and environmental rights and
compliance, state responsibility, liability and dispute settlement.
* The key instruments and governance arrangements across the most
critical areas of international environmental law: biodiversity,
wildlife, freshwater, forestry and soils, fisheries, marine
pollution, chemicals and waste, air and atmospheric pollution and
climate change. * Crucial developments in seven distinct regions of
the world: Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America, South East
Asia, the polar regions and small island states. * Cross-cutting
issues and multidisciplinary developments, drawing from multiple
other fields of law and beyond to address human rights and
Indigenous rights, war and armed conflict, trade, financing,
investment, criminology, technology and energy. * Contemporary
challenges and the emerging international environmental law regimes
which address these: the changing climate, forced migration, marine
plastic debris and future directions in international environmental
law. Containing chapters on the most critical developments in
environmental law in recent years, this comprehensive and
authoritative book makes for an essential reference work for
students, scholars and practitioners working in the field.
Long a leading figure in American literature, N. Scott Momaday is
perhaps best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning House Made of
Dawn and his celebration of his Kiowa ancestry, The Way to Rainy
Mountain. Momaday has also made his mark in theater through two
plays and a screenplay. Published here for the first time, they
display his signature talent for interweaving oral and literary
traditions.The Indolent Boys recounts the 1891 tragedy of runaways
from the Kiowa Boarding School who froze to death while trying to
return to their families. The play explores the consequences, for
Indian students and their white teachers, of the federal program to
""kill the Indian and save the Man."" A joyous counterpoint to this
tragedy, Children of the Sun is a short children's play that
explains the people's relationship to the sun. The Moon in Two
Windows, a screenplay set in the early 1900s, centers on the
children of defeated Indian tribes, who are forced into
assimilation at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where the U.S. government
established the first off-reservation boarding school. Belonging
with the best of Momaday's classic writing, these plays are works
of a mature craftsman that preserve the mythic and cultural
tradition of unique tribal communities in the face of an
increasingly homogeneous society.
This book describes Martin Bucer (1491-1551) as a teacher of
theology, focusing on his time as Regius Professor of Divinity at
the University of Cambridge between 1549 and 1551. The book is
centered on his 1550 Cambridge lectures on Ephesians, and
investigates them in their historical context, exploring what sort
of a theologian Bucer was. The lectures are examined to find out
how they represent Bucer's method of teaching and "doing" theology,
and shed light on the relationship between biblical exegesis and
theological formulation as he understood it. Divided into two
interconnected parts, the book first sets the historical context
for the lectures, including a broad sketch of scholastic method in
theology and the biblical humanist critique of that method. It then
closely examines Bucer's practice in the Cambridge lectures, to
show the extent to which he was a theologian of the biblical
humanist school, influenced by the method Erasmus set forth in the
Ratio Verae Theologiae in which true theology begins, ends, and is
best "done" as an exercise in the exegesis of the Word of God.
A special 50th anniversary edition of the magnificent Pulitzer
Prize-winning classic from N. Scott Momaday, with a new preface by
the author A young Native American, Abel has come home from war to
find himself caught between two worlds. The first is the world of
his grandfather's, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the
harsh beauty of the land, and the ancient rites and traditions of
his people. But the other world--modern, industrial America--pulls
at Abel, demanding his loyalty, claiming his soul, and goading him
into a destructive, compulsive cycle of depravity and disgust.
Beautifully rendered and deeply affecting, House Made of Dawn has
moved and inspired readers and writers for the last fifty years. It
remains, in the words of The Paris Review, "both a masterpiece
about the universal human condition and a masterpiece of Native
American literature."
A major question for liberal politics and liberal political theory
concerns the proper scope of government. Liberalism has always
favored limited government, but there has been wide-ranging dispute
among liberals about just how extensive the scope of government
should be. Included in this dispute are questions about the extent
of state ownership of the means of production, redistribution of
wealth and income through the tax code and transfer programs, and
the extent of government regulation.
One of N. Scott Arnold's goals is to give an accurate
characterization of both modern liberalism and classical
liberalism, explaining along the way why libertarianism is not the
only form that classical liberalism can take. The main focus of
Arnold's book, however, concerns regulation--specifically, the
modern liberal regulatory agenda as it has taken shape in
contemporary American society. This is the set of regulatory
regimes favored by all modern liberals and opposed by all classical
liberals. It includes contemporary employment law in all its
manifestations, health and safety regulation, and land use
regulation. The heart of the book consists of a systematic
evaluation of arguments for and against all the items on this
agenda. It turns out that there are good arguments on both sides
for most of these regulatory regimes. Because of this, and because
someone's vision of the proper scope of government will ultimately
prevail, some procedural requirements that all liberals could agree
to must be satisfied for one side to impose legitimately its values
on the polity at large. These procedural requirements are
identified, argued for, and then applied to the elements of the
modern liberal regulatory agenda. Arnold argues that many, though
not all, of these elements have been illegitimately imposed on
American society.
A major question for liberal politics and liberal political theory
concerns the proper scope of government. Liberalism has always
favored limited government, but there has been wide-ranging dispute
among liberals about just how extensive the scope of government
should be. Included in this dispute are questions about the extent
of state ownership of the means of production, redistribution of
wealth and income through the tax code and transfer programs, and
the extent of government regulation.
One of N. Scott Arnold's goals is to give an accurate
characterization of both modern liberalism and classical
liberalism, explaining along the way why libertarianism is not the
only form that classical liberalism can take. The main focus of
Arnold's book, however, concerns regulation--specifically, the
modern liberal regulatory agenda as it has taken shape in
contemporary American society. This is the set of regulatory
regimes favored by all modern liberals and opposed by all classical
liberals. It includes contemporary employment law in all its
manifestations, health and safety regulation, and land use
regulation. The heart of the book consists of a systematic
evaluation of arguments for and against all the items on this
agenda. It turns out that there are good arguments on both sides
for most of these regulatory regimes. Because of this, and because
someone's vision of the proper scope of government will ultimately
prevail, some procedural requirements that all liberals could agree
to must be satisfied for one side to impose legitimately its values
on the polity at large. These procedural requirements are
identified, argued for, and then applied to the elements of the
modern liberal regulatory agenda. Arnold argues that many, though
not all, of these elements have been illegitimately imposed on
American society.
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