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The Emerging Regime Of Islands As Archipelagic States, Frank Gable
The Emerging Regime Of Islands As Archipelagic States, Frank Gable
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This essay will discuss the significance of islands as archipelagos, i.e. any two or more islands identified politically as one entity. Within the body of this report will be references regarding the historical background to archipelagos and how they emerged into international topics of law. Further, the differences international law affords coastal archipelagos as opposed to outlying mid-ocean archipelagos will be interpreted. These differences include, for instance, the design of baselines used to enclose territorial waters. As the paper progresses, the reader will being to see how the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS (III) …
The National And International Legal Complications Of Subseabed Emplacement Of High-Level Nuclear Waste, Lynn Carlson
The National And International Legal Complications Of Subseabed Emplacement Of High-Level Nuclear Waste, Lynn Carlson
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High-level radioactive waste produced by nuclear power generation, weapons production, and medical research has been accumulating in temporary storage pools in many countries. A permanent method of disposal will soon benecessary to ensure against contamination of man and the environment. Land-based geologic formations, such as salt domes, are the preferred sites for disposal at this time in the United States. Subseabed emplacement is one option under consideration and the technological aspects of this method are currently being studied. In order to resolve these issues, it is proposed that relevant laws be conditionally amended to legalize subseabed emplacement, but only after …
The Maritime Boundaries Of Venezuela, Jose L. Cedeno
The Maritime Boundaries Of Venezuela, Jose L. Cedeno
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Venezuela has maritime boundaries with the following neighbors: two adjacent coastal states, Colombia and Guyana, and six opposite coastal states Trinidad-Tobago, Grenada, San Vincent and the Grenadinas, Sain Lucia, Dominica and Dominican Republic, one United States commonwealth associates states (Puerto Rico) and with dependent islands of the United States (Virign Islands), United Kingdom (Nevis, St. Christopher and Montserrat), France (Guadeloupe and Martinique) and Netherland (Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius).
The paper discuss at length three recent Venezuelan agreements: a fishing agreement with Trinidad and Tobago (1977), plus two Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) delineation treaties concluded almost simultaneously in …