<i>âThis excellent, comprehensive, and thought-provoking book articulates a set of existential questions for the structure of 'Polar law' in the world of accelerating change. The Research Handbook on Polar Law applies an ambitiously convergent focus on the Poles. The 22 chapters provide an excellent update on particular topics and a critical reflection on the challenges and opportunities of a distinct Polar approach. Beyond providing invaluable reference for researchers, the book helps see the bigger picture, stimulate innovative thinking, and allow for cross-pollination of ideas.â</i>
- Jan Jakub Solski, Ocean Yearbook,
<i>âThis book would be a valuable addition to law libraries, especially in departments working on environmental law, law of the sea, and climate change.â</i>
- Daria Shapovalova, The Edinburgh Law Review,
<i>âThis book provides a comprehensive and engaging analysis of the Polar regions, largely through a legal lens complemented by historical, political and scientific perspectives. The volume explores the complexity of regimes governing the polar regions, in a way that is both practical and user friendly, by focusing on the issues they are designed to address. The book deepens our knowledge and understanding of not only the regional Arctic and Antarctic legal regimes and governance structures, but also how they unite, through a set of common values, to form a tapestry of âPolar Lawâ. This book advances the literature and will be an excellent resource for researchers interested in discovering and analysing the complex nature of âPolar Lawâ.â</i>
- Claudia Sosin and Erika Techera, The Polar Journal,
<i>âThe political, social and physical context of the polar regions makes the application of laws there distinctive. There are homelands, disputed territories, fertile oceans, unique lifeforms and electric skies, connected by icy nature-scapes. They have hidden riches of scientific information about our world that is of universal importance. This book, edited by Karen Scott and David VanderZwaag, brings the best authors on polar topics together to highlight points of convergence and divergence essential for a comprehensive understanding of legal custodianship.â</i>
- Julia Jabour, University of Tasmania, Australia,