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Out Of Reach: The Mdlea’S Impermissible Extraterritorial Reach On Maritime Drug–Traffickers, Andres Chinchilla Dec 2021

Out Of Reach: The Mdlea’S Impermissible Extraterritorial Reach On Maritime Drug–Traffickers, Andres Chinchilla

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

46 U.S.C. § 70503, known as the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA), prohibits individuals on board covered vessels from manufacturing, distributing, or possessing with an intent to distribute or manufacture, a controlled substance. The statute, as enacted, permits the prosecution of individuals arrested beyond U.S. jurisdiction and even within the territorial seas of other States. This provision is argued to be an impermissible extraterritorial reach absent a nexus requirement—showing a connection between the drug smuggling activity and the U.S. Recently, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held the statute’s extraterritorial reach and lack of nexus requirement as unconstitutional under …


A Case Ill Suited For Judgment: Constructing ‘A Sovereign Access To The Sea’ In The Atacama Desert, Christopher R. Rossi Feb 2017

A Case Ill Suited For Judgment: Constructing ‘A Sovereign Access To The Sea’ In The Atacama Desert, Christopher R. Rossi

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

In 2015, the International Court of Justice ruled that Bolivia’s claim against Chile could proceed to the merit stage, setting up this Article’s discussion of perhaps the most intractable border dispute in South American history – Bolivia’s attempt to reclaim from Chile a ‘sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean’. This Article investigates the international law and deeply commingled regional history pertaining to the Atacama Desert region, the hyperarid yet resource-rich region through which Bolivia seeks to secure its long-lost access to the sea. Investigating the factual circumstances (effectivités), the post-colonial international legal principle of uti possidetis, territorial temptations arising …


The New Ice Age: The Dawn Of Arctic Shipping And Canada’S Fight For Sovereignty Over The Northwest Passage, Caitlin O'Leary Oct 2014

The New Ice Age: The Dawn Of Arctic Shipping And Canada’S Fight For Sovereignty Over The Northwest Passage, Caitlin O'Leary

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Salvage At Your Own Peril: A Common Law Approach To Maritime Treasure Recovery, Christopher A. Noel Oct 2014

Salvage At Your Own Peril: A Common Law Approach To Maritime Treasure Recovery, Christopher A. Noel

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Athens Convention And Limitation Of Liability In U.S. Federal Courts: While Communication Is Key, Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid, Angelica L. Boutwell Jul 2012

The Athens Convention And Limitation Of Liability In U.S. Federal Courts: While Communication Is Key, Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid, Angelica L. Boutwell

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Has The Law Of The Sea Convention Strengthened The Conservation Ability Of The International Whaling Commission?, Jared Zemantauski Feb 2012

Has The Law Of The Sea Convention Strengthened The Conservation Ability Of The International Whaling Commission?, Jared Zemantauski

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Developing Use Of Force Doctrine: A Legal Case Study Of The Coast Guard's Airborne Use Of Force, Rachel Canty Oct 2000

Developing Use Of Force Doctrine: A Legal Case Study Of The Coast Guard's Airborne Use Of Force, Rachel Canty

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Bilateral Maritime Counter-Drug And Immigrant Interdiction Agreements: Is This The World Of The Future?, Joseph E. Kramek Mar 2000

Bilateral Maritime Counter-Drug And Immigrant Interdiction Agreements: Is This The World Of The Future?, Joseph E. Kramek

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Caribbean Shiprider Agreements: Sunk By Banana Trade War?, Michelle Williams Mar 2000

Caribbean Shiprider Agreements: Sunk By Banana Trade War?, Michelle Williams

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Keynote Address: Harmonization Of Pre-Existing 200-Mile Claims In The Latin American Region With The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea And Its Exclusive Economic Zone, Hugo Caminos Oct 1998

Keynote Address: Harmonization Of Pre-Existing 200-Mile Claims In The Latin American Region With The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea And Its Exclusive Economic Zone, Hugo Caminos

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Critical Analysis Of The Spaw Protocol: The Dilemma Of Regional Cooperation, Charlotte De Fontaubert, Tundy Agardy Oct 1998

Critical Analysis Of The Spaw Protocol: The Dilemma Of Regional Cooperation, Charlotte De Fontaubert, Tundy Agardy

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Implementation Of The Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas And Wildlife (Spaw) In The Wider Caribbean Region, Alessandra Vanzella-Khouri Oct 1998

Implementation Of The Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas And Wildlife (Spaw) In The Wider Caribbean Region, Alessandra Vanzella-Khouri

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Historic Salvage And The Law Of The Sea, David J. Bederman Oct 1998

Historic Salvage And The Law Of The Sea, David J. Bederman

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Integrated Coastal Zone Management In The Caribbean Region, Daniel Suman Oct 1998

Integrated Coastal Zone Management In The Caribbean Region, Daniel Suman

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Mexico's Legal Regime Over Its Marine Spaces: A Proposal For The Delimitation Of The Continental Shelf In The Deepest Part Of The Gulf Of Mexico, Jorge A. Vargas Jan 1997

Mexico's Legal Regime Over Its Marine Spaces: A Proposal For The Delimitation Of The Continental Shelf In The Deepest Part Of The Gulf Of Mexico, Jorge A. Vargas

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


International Maritime Boundaries: Political, Strategic And Historical Considerations, Bernard H. Oxman Jan 1997

International Maritime Boundaries: Political, Strategic And Historical Considerations, Bernard H. Oxman

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Fishing For An International Norm To Govern Straddling Stocks: The Canada-Spain Dispute Of 1995, William T. Abel Jul 1996

Fishing For An International Norm To Govern Straddling Stocks: The Canada-Spain Dispute Of 1995, William T. Abel

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Interest Analysis And Maritime Choice Of Law: Phillips V. Amoco Trinidad Oil Co., Douglas H. Stein Dec 1982

Interest Analysis And Maritime Choice Of Law: Phillips V. Amoco Trinidad Oil Co., Douglas H. Stein

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Ocean Dumping Dilemma, Stuart Weinstein-Bacal Dec 1978

The Ocean Dumping Dilemma, Stuart Weinstein-Bacal

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Regime For The Exploitation Of The Seabed Mineral Resources: A Latin-American View, Francisco Orrego-Vicuña Dec 1978

The Regime For The Exploitation Of The Seabed Mineral Resources: A Latin-American View, Francisco Orrego-Vicuña

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


United States Interests And The Law Of The Sea, Elliot L. Richardson Dec 1978

United States Interests And The Law Of The Sea, Elliot L. Richardson

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Changing Global Pattern Of Fisheries Management, Thomas A. Clingan Jr. Dec 1978

The Changing Global Pattern Of Fisheries Management, Thomas A. Clingan Jr.

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Institutional Arrangements And The Law Of The Sea, Bernard H. Oxman Dec 1978

Institutional Arrangements And The Law Of The Sea, Bernard H. Oxman

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Billion Dollar Decision: Is Deepsea Mining A Prudent Investment?, Leigh S. Ratiner, Rebecca L. Wright Dec 1978

The Billion Dollar Decision: Is Deepsea Mining A Prudent Investment?, Leigh S. Ratiner, Rebecca L. Wright

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Genocide Of Whales:A Crime Against Humanity, Luis Kutner Dec 1978

The Genocide Of Whales:A Crime Against Humanity, Luis Kutner

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Maritime Law Association's Proposed Statute On Shipowners' Liability, Joseph P. Martucci Dec 1978

The Maritime Law Association's Proposed Statute On Shipowners' Liability, Joseph P. Martucci

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The U.S. Distant Water Fishing Industry, William Utz Dec 1978

The U.S. Distant Water Fishing Industry, William Utz

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Marine Scientific Research, Linda A. Caruso Dec 1978

Marine Scientific Research, Linda A. Caruso

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Mariculture--Step Child Of The Law Of The Sea, Milford E. Shirley Dec 1978

Mariculture--Step Child Of The Law Of The Sea, Milford E. Shirley

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Third Law Of The Sea Conference: Fishing Rights Of Landlocked States, Tariq Hassan Oct 1976

Third Law Of The Sea Conference: Fishing Rights Of Landlocked States, Tariq Hassan

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.