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In Statehood under Water, Alejandra Torres Camprubí revisits the concept of statehood through an analysis on how sea-level rise and the Anthropocene challenge the territorial, demographical, and political dimensions of the State. Closely examining the fight for survival undertaken by low-lying Pacific Island States, the author engages with the legal and policy innovations necessary to address these new scenarios.
This monograph reacts against overly formal approaches to the law on statehood, and is devoted to the reconstruction of the context in which both the challenges, and the measures adopted to tackle them, are taking place. Progressively forged within the international community, it is the kind of political and ethical framework that will soon inform the potential transformation of the law on statehood.
This monograph reacts against overly formal approaches to the law on statehood, and is devoted to the reconstruction of the context in which both the challenges, and the measures adopted to tackle them, are taking place. Progressively forged within the international community, it is the kind of political and ethical framework that will soon inform the potential transformation of the law on statehood.
Price: $196.00
Pages: 312
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill | Nijhoff
Series: Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development
Publication Date:
21 July 2016
ISBN: 9789004321601
Format: Hardcover
"The greatest strength of this book is its breadth of coverage and the wealth of material that is presented without any loss of depth. It provides a comprehensive summary of the legal issues at play for the disappearing small island community and is in that regard a useful reference point for further research in the field… [T]here is no doubt that Torres Camprubí should be highly praised for this very important contribution to scholarship. [The book] can be confidently recommended to any scholars, negotiators and policy-makers (including human rights specialists) with an interest in preparing the international legal system for the consequences of climate change.”
- Emma Allen, University of Keele Law School
Alejandra Torres Camprubí, Ph.D. (2014), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, is Associate Senior Fellow at the Fridjthof Nansen Institute, and Associate at the International Litigation and Arbitration Department of Foley Hoag. She has published articles on climate change justice and climate-induced displacement.