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Philippine Territorial Boundaries: Internal Tensions, Colonial Baggage, Ambivalent Conformity, Lowell Bautista Nov 2013

Philippine Territorial Boundaries: Internal Tensions, Colonial Baggage, Ambivalent Conformity, Lowell Bautista

Lowell Bautista

The territorial boundaries of the Philippines, inherited from Spain and the United States in 1898, are disputed in international law. The boundaries of the Philippines are not recognised by the international community for two principal reasons: first, because of the fundamental position of the Philippines that the limits of its national territory are the boundaries laid down in the 1898 Treaty of Paris which ceded the Philippines from Spain to the United States; and second, is its claim that all the waters embraced within these imaginary lines are its territorial waters. The Philippine Government is not unaware of these issues …


Stretching The Margins: The Geographic Nexus In Environmental Law, Daniel A. Farber Sep 2013

Stretching The Margins: The Geographic Nexus In Environmental Law, Daniel A. Farber

Daniel A Farber

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Characteristics Of Health Professionals In A Mandated Ethics Tutorial After Violating Sexual Boundaries With Patients, S. Michael Plaut, Janet Klein Brown, Mira Brancu, Rebecca C. Wilbur, Katherine Rios Jan 2013

Characteristics Of Health Professionals In A Mandated Ethics Tutorial After Violating Sexual Boundaries With Patients, S. Michael Plaut, Janet Klein Brown, Mira Brancu, Rebecca C. Wilbur, Katherine Rios

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

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One Step Forwards, Two Steps Back? Progress And Challenges In The Delimitation Of Maritime Boundaries Since The Drafting Of The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea, Clive Schofield Jan 2013

One Step Forwards, Two Steps Back? Progress And Challenges In The Delimitation Of Maritime Boundaries Since The Drafting Of The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea, Clive Schofield

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

The provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea dealing with the delimitation of maritime boundaries are limited and open to varied interpretation. Nevertheless, the advent of the Convention had a significant impact on ocean boundary making. Subsequent developments have also arguably led to a clearer approach to maritime boundary delimitation. These evolutions are traced and contemporary challenges highlighted