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    <title>Research handbook on polar law</title>
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    <namePart>Scott, Karen N.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>VanderZwaag, David L.</namePart>
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    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2020</dateIssued>
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    <extent>xx, 483 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>This timely Research Handbook explores the concept of polar law as a coherent body of law and as a set of rules and principles that applies to both the Arctic and Antarctic. It captures the evolution of polar law and policy, identifying future directions for research in this emerging and growing field.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">edited by Karen N. Scott, David L. VanderZwaag.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <topic>Law</topic>
    <geographic>Polar regions</geographic>
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    <topic>Environmental law</topic>
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    <geographic>Polar regions</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Climatic changes</topic>
    <geographic>Polar regions</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Antarctic Treaty system</topic>
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    <topic>Antarctic Treaty system</topic>
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    <topic>Law</topic>
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    <geographic>Polar regions</geographic>
    <topic>International status</topic>
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    <geographic>Polar regions</geographic>
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      <title>Research handbooks in environmental law</title>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9781788119580 (hardback)</identifier>
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