This article explores some of the ways in which marine genetic resources conceptually and normatively intersect with the concept and idea of commons. Through an analysis of the terminological ambiguities and semantic slippages characterizing the usage of the concept of commons in international law, the article addresses questions relation to the idea of global commons and to the multiple reciprocal ...

The first and clear conclusion from the papers in this book is far from surprising: law of the European Union has impact on national civil procedure. This might concern primary EU law, secondary EU law, case law, fundamental legal principles or soft law instruments. At the same time, there seems to be significant variation on several aspects of the impact of EU law on national civil procedure law. ...

This chapter examines the development of fisheries regulation in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) from a constructivist approach. In doing so it provides important insights into how the construction of space is influenced by law making and institutional constraints, some of which reflect bias or imbalance in powers structures in international law. Many have defended law as a discreet and ...

Graphic novels have been previously recognized by scholarly research as a valuable conceptual lens for thinking critically about law. Asserting the need for a deeper engagement with the material foundations, ontological beliefs and epistemological grids that lie under the development of international law of the sea, this article delves into the imaginary oceanic universe of Hugo Pratt’s classic ...

This article offers a critical interrogation of the relationship between two emerging conceptual frameworks whose importance has grown quickly within the context of international environmental law: the ecosystem approach and ecosystem services. Both premised on the concept of the ecosystem, their origin is parallel, but their present and future is convergent and increasingly intertwined. The ecosystem ...

The paper is intended to show how the idea of the “blue economy” is conceptualized in the three main Arctic coastal regions: Northern Norway, the Russian Arctic Zone and Alaska (USA). This is done through the example of how fisheries and aquaculture function in these three regions and through an analysis of their official policies. The paper examines the current organization of blue economy management, ...

Den samiske reindriften er basert på reinens naturlige vandringer mellom vinterens lavbeiter i innlandet og sommerens grøntbeiter ved kysten. Etter at landegrensen mellom Norge og Sverige ble fastlagt i 1751, har mange samer måttet krysse statsgrensen med sine dyr for å opprettholde sin næring. Etter unionsoppløsningen i 1905 har den grenseoverskridende reindriften vært gjenstand for forhandlinger, ...

Med knapt flertall (45 mot 42 stemmer) endret Stortinget den 9. februar 2021 grunnsystemet for deltakelse og tildeling av kvoter i ervervsmessig fiske.

This chapter explores how Western higher education (HE) can benefit from the adoption of illustrated storytelling as a methodology to simultaneously dis-empower gender stereotypes and empower persons in academia. Drawing from indigenous law and methodology and participatory approaches as an essential part of the legal methodology, we explore how critical role-playing developed through storytelling ...

Article 234 of UNCLOS is in many ways exceptional, but it is not unique in the sense that it grants to the coastal state “complete” legislative power. Arguably, “complete” coastal state jurisdiction exists in the territorial sea for the purposes enumerated in Article 21(1), allowing coastal states to adopt ship reporting systems, pilotage, and other routing measures unilaterally. The analysis of ...