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Canada's Arctic waters in international law

Title
Canada's Arctic waters in international law / Donat Pharand.
Author
Pharand, Donat.
Publication
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988.

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Description
xvii, 288 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
An examination of the legal regime applicable to the waters of the Canadian arctic archipelago. Divided into four sections: 1) The waters of the Canadian arctic archipelago and the sector theory; 2) The waters of the Canadian arctic archipelago as historic waters; 3) The waters of the Canadian arctic archipelago and straight baselines; 4) The waters of the Canadian arctic archipelago and the Northwest Passage.
Series Statement
Studies in polar research
Uniform Title
Studies in polar research
Subject
  • Territorial waters > Arctic Archipelago (Nunavut and N.W.T.)
  • Law of the sea > Canada
  • Territorial waters
  • Law of the sea
  • Maritime law > Canada
  • Maritime law
  • Law of the sea
  • Territorial waters
  • Seevölkerrecht
  • Territorial waters > Arctic Archipelago (Nunavut and N.W.T.)
  • Canada
  • Arctic
  • Canada
  • Canada > Arctic Archipelago
  • Arktis
  • Kanada
  • Kanadisch-Arktischer Archipel
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [269]-277.
Contents
Part I. The Waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and the Sector Theory -- 1. The origins of the sector theory -- 2. Boundary treaties as a legal basis for the sector theory -- 3. Contiguity as a basis for the sector theory -- 4. Customary law as a basis for the sector theory -- Part II. The Waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago as Historic Waters -- 5. The basic characteristics of historic waters -- 6. Requirements of historic waters -- 7. State practice of Arctic states on historic waters -- 8. Historic waters applied to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago -- Part III. The Waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Straight Baselines -- 9. The law on straight baselines for coastal Archipelagos -- 10. State practice on the use of straight baselines -- 11. Straight baselines applied to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago -- Part IV. The Waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and the Northwest Passage -- 12. Description of the Northwest Passage -- 13. Use of the Northwest Passage -- 14. Legal status of the Northwest Passage.
ISBN
  • 052132503X
  • 9780521325035
  • 9780521100069
  • 0521100062
LCCN
86026395
OCLC
  • ocm14376775
  • 14376775
  • SCSB-1195872
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library