商品簡介
Simmons (Trinity College, Dublin, and marine law and ocean policy, National U. of Ireland, Galway) examines the historic waters in the Law of the Sea doctrine and its current status, especially in light of contemporary international law developments, such as recent decisions of the International Court of Justice that address the doctrine in cases in the US. He uses Alaska v. US, a case for which he acted as expert witness, as a study to consider the various aspects of international legal rules on US domestic historic maritime claims. Following a discussion of general issues relating to historic waters (definitions, history and legal sources, and terminology), he moves on to an examination of the types of waters to which historic claims can be made. He then considers the case of bays and coastal archipelagoes (the El Salvador/Honduras case), and problems with exceptional title, ancient rights, and burden of proof. Subsequent chapters cover a historical example from Russia in 1821, origins of historical claims to waters, legal requirements, exercise of authority, and other issues and requirements. Martinus Nijhoff is an imprint of Brill. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Clive R. Symmons, LLB, Ph.D. is Research Associate at Trinity College, Dublin and Adjunct Professor in the Marine Law and Ocean Policy Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway. He has published widely on Law of the Sea issues and recently acted as expert witness (concerning alleged historic waters) for the US federal Government inAlaska v. US.
