Abstract
A deep dive into a world esoteric for most of us, its denizens, the harms they are now facing and the ethics and laws of ocean governance, Blue Legalities brings together multidisciplinary contributions exploring the changing nature of water ecosystems and our evolving rapport to them. Core scientific debates are covered in the book: ocean warming and acidification, sea level rise, pollution, extraction, species extinction, robotics, as well as ethical and legal debates, such as novel interpretations of territoriality, temporality, sovereignty, jurisdiction, harms and crimes, rights holders and duty bearers. Like the ebb and flow of the sea, we witness the flux of academic, civic, political discourse, and of jurisprudence. Drawing on the ‘blue turn’ in the humanities and social sciences, the book contributes to critical ocean studies1, a field seeking to transcend the anthropocentric, (neo)colonial, masculine, militaristic lenses typically used to understand the depths and their impact on terrestrial life. Blue Legalities was followed in 2022 by a similar collection, in which Irus Braverman brings together multidisciplinary contributions challenging the Eurocentric, terracentric and anthropocentric nature of international (environmental) law.2
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