Reference Re the Seabed and Subsoil of the Continental Shelf Offshore Newfoundland

Sea — Continental shelf — Rights of coastal State — Federal State — Division of rights between federal and provincial governments — Newfoundland — Status Sea — Continental shelf — Rights of coastal State — Nature of — Position in customary international law — Formation of customary international law...

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Published in:International Law Reports
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1991
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781316152140.052
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0309067100025284
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Summary:Sea — Continental shelf — Rights of coastal State — Federal State — Division of rights between federal and provincial governments — Newfoundland — Status Sea — Continental shelf — Rights of coastal State — Nature of — Position in customary international law — Formation of customary international law — Whether continental shelf concept part of customary law in 1949 — Effect of Geneva Convention on the Continental Shelf, 1958 — Whether proclamation of rights necessary — Nature of ipso jure doctrine — Whether development of continental shelf rights retroactive in effect States — Federal States — Division of rights between federal and provincial governments — Continental shelf rights — Canada — Newfoundland — Status — The law of Canada