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Protecting The Marine Environment From Vessel Source Pollution: Unclos Iii And Beyond, Daniel M. Bodansky

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The vessel-source pollution provisions of UNCLOS III have become the reference point for virtually all discussions of marine environmental jurisdiction and, although the Convention is not yet in force, have arguably become norms of customary international law. Moreover, these environmental provisions are likely to come under increased scrutiny and assume even greater importance should the disputes over the seabed mining provisions of the Convention be resolved. Thus far, these disputes have stood in the way of ratification by many advanced industrialized countries, including the United States. The U.S. Congress recently rejected several international conventions dealing with oil spills on the …