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• Title:Threatened island nations : legal implications of rising seas and a changing climate / edited by Michael B. Gerrard, Gregory E. Wannier.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Gerrard, Michael, 1951-
  Wannier, Gregory E.
  
• Published/Created:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K3585.5 .T48 2013
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Sea level--Environmental aspects--Islands of the Pacific.
  Climatic changes--Islands of the Pacific.
  Climatic changes--Political aspects--Islands of the Pacific.
  Environmental refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.--Islands of the Pacific.
  Sea level--Environmental aspects--Islands of the Indian Ocean.
  Climatic changes--Islands of the Indian Ocean.
  Climatic changes--Political aspects--Islands of the Indian Ocean.
  Environmental refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.--Islands of the Indian Ocean.
  Liability for climatic change damages.
  Islands--Law and legislation.
  
• Description:xix, 639 pages, [12] pages of plates : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781107025769 (hardback)
  1107025761 (hardback)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I Introduction
  1. Overview / Michael B. Gerrard
  2. Sea Level Rise in a Changing Climate: What Do We Know? / Diego Villarreal
  pt. II Sovereignty and Territorial Concerns
  3. When Do States Disappear?: Thresholds of Effective Statehood and the Continued Recognition of "Deterritorialized" Island States / Jenny Grote Stoutenburg
  4. Nation Ex-Situ / Maxine A. Burkett
  5. Introducing the Law of the Sea and the Legal Implications of Rising Sea Levels / Christopher Stucko
  6. Options to Protect Coastlines and Secure Maritime Jurisdictional Claims in the Face of Global Sea Level Rise / David Freestone
  7. Sea Level Rise and Maritime Zones: Preserving the Maritime Entitlements of "Disappearing" States / Rosemary Rayfuse
  pt. III Resettlement Protections and Proposed Solutions
  8. Human Rights and Climate Change: Reflections on International Legal Issues and Potential Policy Relevance / Siobhan McInerney-Lankford
  9. Protection of Persons Displaced as a Result of Climate Change: Existing Tools and Emerging Frameworks / Koko Warner
  10. "In the Face of Looming Catastrophe": A Convention for Climate-Change-Displaced Persons / Lucy Young
  11. National Immigration Policy Option: Limits and Potential / Katrina M. Wyman
  12. Domestic Law for Resettlement of Persons Displaced by Climate Change / Leslie A. Stein
  pt. IV Establishing Accountability
  13. Could a Small Island Successfully Sue a Big Emitter?: Pursuing a Legal Theory and a Venue for Climate Justice / Jacob David Werksman
  14. Making Good the Loss: An Assessment of the Loss and Damage Mechanism under the UNFCCC Process / Elizabeth Caldwell
  15. Ocean Acidification: International Legal Avenues under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea / Judah Ariel
  16. Securing Planetary Life Sources for Future Generations: Legal Actions Deriving from the Ancient Sovereign Trust Obligation / Nicola Peart
  17. Transboundary Climate Challenge to Coal: One Small Step against Dirty Energy, One Giant Leap for Climate Justice / Kristina Sabova.