Arctic Law and Governance

This is a lively, well-written and comprehensive collection of essays on a series of interconnected themes, each of which rewards careful reading in its own right, as well as part of a wider narrative. The book also provides a series of new insights into national approaches, as well as a clear-sighted and unflinching treatment of pressing regulatory issues facing the Arctic and the prospective contributions of China, Finland and the EU in this regard. The book is also a valuable test case for the merits of cross-institutional collaboration, allowing scholars from very different legal backgrounds to challenge each other's assumptions, approaches and prevailing legal philosophies. The result is a rigorous and insightful volume of contemporary scholarship - and a hopeful metaphor for future Arctic cooperation. -- Richard Caddell, Cardiff University * Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law *

Timo Koivurova is Director and a Research Professor of the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, Finland. QIN Tianbao is Professor, Director of the Research Institute of Environmental Law and Associate Dean for the Law School, Wuhan University, China. Sebastien Duyck is Research Fellow at the Institute of European and International Economic Law, University of Bern, Switzerland and a Visiting Researcher at the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, University of Lapland, Finland. Tapio Nykanen is Researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Lapland, Finland.

1. Introduction Timo Koivurova, QIN Tianbao,Sebastien Duyck and Tapio Nykanen Part I Chinese Perspectives 2. Strengthening China's Role in the Arctic Council QIN Tianbao and LI Miaomiao 3. Legal Issues in Arctic Scientific Research: A Chinese Perspective Ren Shidan 4. Chinese Arctic Discussion-a Micro Reading of World Affairs Julia Jalo and Tapio Nykanen 5. China and Maritime Sovereignty and Rights Issues in the Arctic Xiaoyi Jiang and Xiaoguang Zhou Part II Comparison between Finland and China 6. China and Finland in the Globalised Arctic Lassi Heininen 7. A Common Heritage-the Place of the Arctic in the Chinese and Finnish Discourses Tapio Nykanen Part III Comparison between the EU and China 8. China as an Observer in the Arctic Council Timo Koivurova, Waliul Hasanat,Piotr Graczyk and Tuuli Kuusama 9. Conservation of Marine Living Resources and Fisheries Management in the Arctic Sebastien Duyck 10. Incentives, Practices and Opportunities for Arctic External Actors' Engagement with Indigenous Peoples Adam Stepien 11. China and the Development of International Law on Arctic Shipping Nengye Liu and Kamrul Hossain 12. Concluding Chapter Sebastien Duyck, Tapio Nykanen, Timo Koivurova and QIN Tianbao