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Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Law of the Sea: U.S. Policy Dilemma Edited by Bernard H. Oxman, David D. Caron, and Charles L. Buderi San Francisco: ICS Press, 1983. Pp. x, 184. $21.95.
The Fish Feud By David L. Vander Zwaag Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Books, 1983. Pp. xiii, 135. $21.95.
Negotiating Foreign Investments: A Manual for the Third World Edited by Robert Hellawell and Don Wallace, Jr. Washington, D.C.: International Law Institute, 1982. $95.00.
Political Rights for European Citizens By Guido Van DenBerghe United Kingdom: Gower Publishing Company, 1982. Pp.xii, 235. $38.00.
The International Law of Pollution By Allen L. Springer Westport, Connecticut: Quorum Books, …
Vessel-Source Pollution And The Law Of The Sea, John W. Kindt
Vessel-Source Pollution And The Law Of The Sea, John W. Kindt
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
On March 16, 1978, history's worst oil spill occurred when the tanker Amoco Cadiz lost her steering and drifted onto rocky shoals off the French coast. Approximately 223,000 tons of oil were spilled, polluting and ruining over 100 miles of the Brittany coast, an area that previously had supplied one-third of France's seafood and had attracted tourists from all over Europe. Despite all this damage, only thirty million dollars was available for cleanup--none to repair the ecological devastation. Although this well-publicized accident shocked the world, it was only one of many oil spills that occurred during 1978.
By definition, "vessel-source …