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The State Itself as a Vulnerable Subject? Existential Resilience under International Law.

This paper proposes a new framework for analysis of the law governing State continuity, with particular reference to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) threatened with legal extinction as a result of rising sea‐levels. Prevailing wisdom suggests that if States were to lose their inhabitable land...

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Published in:Modern Law Review Vol. 89; no. 4; pp. 531 - 562
Main Author: Green, Alex
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jul2026
Subjects:
International law
Fineman, Martha Albertson
Ocean
Public law
Small Island (N.L.)
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