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

• Published in: International Law Reports
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1991
• Subjects: Canada; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781316152140.052; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0309067100025284

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