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Law of the Sea

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UNCLOS III; archipelagos; international law; ocean zoning

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The Emerging Regime Of Islands As Archipelagic States, Frank Gable May 1984

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) …