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dc.contributor.authorBusch, Signe Veierud
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-30T13:18:44Z
dc.date.available2018-08-30T13:18:44Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-22
dc.description.abstractIt is a long known fact that climate change will result in sea level rise and dramatically changed coastlines for a number of coastal States, and the physical consequences of sea level rise are most likely unavoidable for several coastal States due to their geographical location, size and topography. It is highly debatable whether the Law of the Sea Convention is equipped for dealing with the current challenges of sea level rise and maritime limits, and it may be argued that its rule of ambulatory baselines may contribute to loss of territory, relocation of maritime zones, uncertainty and instability.<p> <p>This article investigates the current status of the law regulating maritime limits which may be affected by sea level rise, and argues that the best solution is to adapt the law within the current legal framework of the Law of the Sea, by undertaking a liberal interpretation of the already existing provisions of the LOSC, instead of invoking the amendment procedures of the LOSC, a new supplementary agreement or creating new customary law. In particular, the article explores the option of re-interpreting the law of baselines in Article 7, offering an adapting measure that mitigates the climate change effects on sea level rise. It is argued that a liberal interpretation of the LOSC can contribute to increased stability and juridical protection of the maritime entitlements for some of the States suffering the consequences of sea level rise.en_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v9.1162> https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v9.1162</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBusch, S.V. (2018). Sea Level Rise and Shifting Maritime limits: Stable Baselines as a Response to Unstable Coastlines. Arctic Review on Law and Politics, 9, 174-197. https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v9.1162en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1596837
dc.identifier.issn1891-6252
dc.identifier.issn2387-4562
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/13614
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCappelen Damm Akademisken_US
dc.relation.journalArctic Review on Law and Politics
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectbaselinesen_US
dc.subjectsea level riseen_US
dc.subjectambulatory limitsen_US
dc.subjectdelta baselinesen_US
dc.subjectstabilityen_US
dc.subjectadaptationen_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectLOSCen_US
dc.subjectvulnerable Statesen_US
dc.subjectsmall island Statesen_US
dc.subjectunstable coastlineen_US
dc.subjectstraight baselinesen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Rettsvitenskap: 340en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Law: 340en_US
dc.titleSea Level Rise and Shifting Maritime limits: Stable Baselines as a Response to Unstable Coastlinesen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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