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The Duty to Consult the Sámi in Norwegian Law
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-09)
This article deals with the duty to consult indigenous peoples and the obligation to involve these peoples in decision-making processes in matters that concern them. After a general review of international legislation and obligations, particularly the ILO Convention no. 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, the article focuses on how these obligations are implemented towards the indigenous Sámi in ...
Celebrating Ten Years of Arctic Review
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-09)
This article presents the editors' introduction to the ten-year anniversary issue of Arctic Review on Law and Politics, with a history of the journal and an overview of the issue's contents.2020 represents a milestone for Arctic Review on Law and Politics as it is 10 years
since the first, slender issue of the journal was launched at the university bookstore
in Tromsø, Norway, on 14 April 2010. ...
A Marine-Biology-Centric Definition of Ocean Connectivity and the Law of the Sea
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-23)
The inter-connectedness of marine ecosystems has been repeatedly acknowledged in the relevant literature as well as in policy briefs. Against this backdrop, this article aims at further reflecting on the question of to what extent the law of the sea takes account of or disregards ocean connectivity. In order to address this question, this article starts by providing a brief overview of the notion ...
Suggestions for a systematic regulatory approach to ocean plastics
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-16)
The research investigates the problems and maps the solutions to the serious threat that plastics pose to the oceans, food safety, and human health, with more than eight million tons of plastic debris dumped in the sea every year. The aim of this study is to explore how to better improve the regulatory process of ocean plastics by integrating scientific results, regulatory strategies and action plans ...
A Conceptual Framework for Complex Systems at the Crossroads of Food, Environment, Health, and Innovation
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-20)
Climate-smart solutions and practices have the potential to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of achieving zero hunger; ensuring healthy lives and promoting the wellbeing of humans, animals, and plants; reducing ocean overharvesting and overfishing; tackling climate change; driving economic growth; and promoting innovation. Achieving these goals will require searching for, ...
The Passage Regimes of the Kerch Strait—To Each Their Own?
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-24)
This study explores the passage regimes of the Kerch Strait and its adjacent maritime areas in the context of current arbitration proceedings between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. It ascertains that conflicting sovereignty claims over Crimea might lead to strait states and user states alike retaining their different approaches to the passage regime of the Kerch Strait. Thus, the regimes of ...
Hjorth-søstrenes romaner Arv og miljø og Fri vilje – romaner som normativ kilde i jussen
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-25)
Ble forfatter Vigdis Hjorth voldtatt av sin far da hun var et lite barn? Dette spørsmålet er aktualisert av utgivelsene av romanene til søstrene Hjorth: Arv og miljø av storesøster Vigdis og Fri Vilje av lillesøster Helga. I bøkene tematiseres en svært alvorlig forbrytelse, men Vigdis har benektet offentlig at romanen utgjør en reell anklage. Helga har derimot både i offentligheten og i egen roman ...
The Genesis of Article 234 of the UNCLOS
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-24)
Article 234 is exceptional regarding its wording and placement in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), as well as in its historical background. The Arctic provision has given rise to divergent interpretations regarding the conditions for invoking it, the limitations on the authority under Article 234, and its spatial scope of application. It has served as a justification for ...
Jordinndelingene i Finnmark: var de Norges eldste offentlige utskiftinger?
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-31)
Den har vært antatt at det i Finnmark i eldre tid ikke eksisterte jordfellesskap eller teigblanding, da all jord tilhørte staten eller Kongen. Dermed var det heller ikke behov for utskiftning. Finnmark ble eksempelvis utelatt da Utskiftningsvæsenet ble opprettet i Norge i 1859, samtidig som historien forteller at den første utskiftningsformannen ble tilsatt i Finnmark i 1938. Det finnes imidlertid ...
Rethinking the Encounter Between Law and Nature in the Anthropocene: From Biopolitical Sovereignty to Wonder
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-22)
The rise of the idea of the Anthropocene is promoting multiple reflections on its meaning. As we consider entering this new geological epoch, we realize the pervasiveness of humankind’s deconstruction and reconstruction of the Earth, in both geophysical and discursive terms. As the body of the Earth is marked and reshaped, so is its idea. From a hostile territory to be subjugated and exploited through ...