‘Hyperborean Legalities: critical approaches to Polar Law’, Critical Legal Conference 2022

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Notes

^1. Here we borrow from Cait Storr’s recent argument about Nauru and some places painted as both exotic and in need of ‘saving’ through legal means in the face of the climate emergency. See Storr, Cait. International Status in the Shadow of Empire: Nauru and the Histories of International Law. Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. doi:10.1017/9781108682,602.

^2. Maria Aristodemou, A Constant Craving for Fresh Brains and a Taste for Decaffeinated Neighbours, European Journal of International Law, Volume 25, Issue 1, February 2014, Pages 35–58, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/cht080