Law of the Sea Treaty Is Completed
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- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Earth Sciences, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, 20th & 21st Century European History
- Geographical Location: New York City
- Date: April 30, 1982
Article abstract: After much debate and negotiation at a United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, diplomats agreed on a treaty to govern use of the ocean’s resources.
Waves of Ocean Lawmaking
Early writers on international law, such as Hugo Grotius, a Dutchman who wrote in the seventeenth century, placed great emphasis on the freedom of navigation. For security reasons, countries with seacoasts were entitled to a territorial sea—that is, they could have control as far as a cannon shot could reach (about three miles). Most of the ocean—the...
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