Canada''s Arctic Waters in International Law

Klappentext The crossing of the Northwest Passage in August 1985 by a US icebreaker! without requesting authorisation! raised the whole question of Canada's sovereignty over the waters of its Arctic Archipelago. Zusammenfassung The crossing of the Northwest Passage in August 1985 by a US icebreaker! without requesting authorisation! raised the whole question of Canada's sovereignty over the waters of its Arctic Archipelago. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. The Waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and the Sector Theory; 1. The origins of the sector theory; 2. Boundary treaties as a legal basis for the sector theory; 3. Contiguity as a basis for the sector theory; 4. Customary law as a basis for the sector theory; Part II. The Waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago as Historic Waters: 5. The basic characteristics of historic waters; 6. Requirements of historic waters; 7. State practice of Arctic states on historic waters; 8. Historic waters applied to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Part III. The Waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Straight Baselines: 9. The law on straight baselines for coastal Archipelagos; 10. State practice on the use of straight baselines; 11. Straight baselines applied to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Part IV. The Waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and the Northwest Passage: 12. Description of the Northwest Passage; 13. Use of the Northwest Passage; 14. Legal status of the Northwest Passage.

Product details

• Authors: Donat Pharand
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.01.2009
• EAN: 9780521100069
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10006-9
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Studies in Polar Research
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law