Antarctic mineral exploitation: The emerging legal framework. By Francisco Orrego Vicuña. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. xv, 615. Index. $89.50. - International Law for Antarctica / Droit International de l’Antarctique. Edited by Francesco Francioni and Tullio Scovazzi. Milan: Giuffrè Editore, 1987. Pp. xiv, 532. L. 50.000. - Managing the Frozen South: The Creation and Evolution of the Antarctic Treaty System. By M. J. Peterson. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1988. Pp. xi, 283. Index. $35.

1989 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 605-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher C. Joyner
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
International Law ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Antarctic Treaty ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Droit International ◽  
The Antarctic

Beowulf and the Bureaucrats - Power and Politics in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland. Edited by Stephen T. Driscoll and Margaret R. Nieke. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1988; distributed in the U.S.A. by Columbia University Press, New York. Pp. iii + 218. $45.00 (cloth); $17.50 (paper). - The Anglo-Saxon Achievement: Archaeology and the Beginnings of English Society. By Richard Hodges. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd., 1989. Pp. xi + 212. £24.00. - Migration and Mythmaking in Anglo-Saxon England. By Nicholas Howe. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1989. Pp. xiii + 198. $25.00. - The Royal Saints of Anglo-Saxon England. By Susan J. Ridyard. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. xi + 340. $54.50. - Lordship and Military Obligation in Anglo-Saxon England. By Richard P. Abels. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. Pp. xii + 313. $39.95. - Predatory Kinship and the Creation of Norman Power, 840–1066. By Eleanor Searle. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. Pp. xi + 356. $38.00.

1991 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-99
Author(s):  
Robin Chapman Stacey
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
New Haven ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
English Society

scholarly journals Antarctic politics and Antarctic science — are they at loggerheads?

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-123
Author(s):  
John A Heap
Keyword(s):  
Legal Framework ◽  
Scientific Investigation ◽  
Antarctic Treaty ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Antarctic Environment

“Antarctica shall be used for peaceful purposes only …… Freedom of scientific investigation and co-operation toward that end …… shall continue, subject to the provisions of the present Treaty.”These are the fundamental objectives of the Antarctic Treaty as expressed in Articles I and II. What follows in the Treaty, and in most of the many “Recommendations” to the Governments of Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties (ATCPs), is aimed at securing these objectives by the creation of a framework of law. Unusually for a system of laws, most of this legal framework is hortatory rather than mandatory in character - it cajoles rather than orders. Perhaps not surprisingly this has given rise to damaging suggestions about its ability to provide adequate protection for the Antarctic environment. The response of the ATCPs to this criticism has been to embark on a review of existing Antarctic law, to make it more consistent, reduce overlaps and more especially, make much of it mandatory. This process began at the XIth Special Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Chile last November. Since it aims to provide greater clarity, accessibility and certainty in the law, it must be welcomed. But within these admirable objectives a prospect of loggerheads begins to loom.

Antarctica, Viña del Mar and the 1990 UN debate

Polar Record ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 27 (162) ◽  
pp. 211-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Beck
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
International Research ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Research Station ◽  
30Th Anniversary ◽  
Antarctic Treaty ◽  
The Antarctic

AbstractThe Xlth Antarctic Treaty Special Consultative Meeting in Viña del Mar, Chile (19 November to 6 December 1990) aired the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties' views on conservation, following the collapse of support for the minerals convention. Almost simultaneously at the United Nations Assembly in New York, the eighth successive annual discussion on Antarctica included the usual critique of the Treaty System's political and legal framework. The conservationist emphasis apparent in 1989 continued in 1990, accompanied by an attack on Antarctic science. Particular emphasis was placed on adverse environmental impacts from the crowding together of scientific stations. Treaty parties countered with their long-standing opposition to UN interference in Treaty matters. Resolutions on Antarctica sought to exclude South Africa from ATS activities and to consider the establishment of a UN international research station. The 1990 discussions showed that the Treaty System at its 30th anniversary fails to enjoy universal support, and contributed to an emerging debate on the merits of Antarctic science.

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