Newfoundland and Labrador v. Nova Scotia (Awards of the Tribunal in the First and Second Phases of an Arbitration Concerning Portions of the Limits of the Parties’ Respective Offshore Areas, Dated 17 May 2001 and 26 March 2002 Respectively)
Abstract The case of this chapter was over a dispute between two Canadian provinces (the Province of Nova Scotia and the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador) over the boundary between their respective ‘offshore areas’ for the purposes of certain Canadian legislation. The delimitation was between t...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/law/9780199657476.003.0017 2024-09-15T18:19:45+00:00 Newfoundland and Labrador v. Nova Scotia (Awards of the Tribunal in the First and Second Phases of an Arbitration Concerning Portions of the Limits of the Parties’ Respective Offshore Areas, Dated 17 May 2001 and 26 March 2002 Respectively) Fietta, Stephen Cleverly, Robin 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780199657476.003.0017 https://academic.oup.com/book/57669/chapter/469954120 en eng Oxford University Press A Practitioner’s Guide to Maritime Boundary Delimitation page 382-399 ISBN 0199657475 9780199657476 9780191823749 book-chapter 2016 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780199657476.003.0017 2024-08-27T04:16:55Z Abstract The case of this chapter was over a dispute between two Canadian provinces (the Province of Nova Scotia and the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador) over the boundary between their respective ‘offshore areas’ for the purposes of certain Canadian legislation. The delimitation was between the island of Newfoundland, on the one hand, and Cape Breton and the south-east portion of Nova Scotia’s mainland, on the other. The chapter argues that the Newfoundland and Labrador/Nova Scotia arbitration, while a sui generis case arising out of an inter-provincial Canadian dispute, has made a significant contribution to the development of the international law jurisprudence on maritime boundary delimitation. The case also provides an example of a tribunal constructing a true equidistance line at the first stage of the delimitation process, before the consideration of adjustment for relevant circumstances such as the presence and disproportionate effect of small islands. Book Part Newfoundland Oxford University Press 382 399 |
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Abstract The case of this chapter was over a dispute between two Canadian provinces (the Province of Nova Scotia and the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador) over the boundary between their respective ‘offshore areas’ for the purposes of certain Canadian legislation. The delimitation was between the island of Newfoundland, on the one hand, and Cape Breton and the south-east portion of Nova Scotia’s mainland, on the other. The chapter argues that the Newfoundland and Labrador/Nova Scotia arbitration, while a sui generis case arising out of an inter-provincial Canadian dispute, has made a significant contribution to the development of the international law jurisprudence on maritime boundary delimitation. The case also provides an example of a tribunal constructing a true equidistance line at the first stage of the delimitation process, before the consideration of adjustment for relevant circumstances such as the presence and disproportionate effect of small islands. |
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Newfoundland and Labrador v. Nova Scotia (Awards of the Tribunal in the First and Second Phases of an Arbitration Concerning Portions of the Limits of the Parties’ Respective Offshore Areas, Dated 17 May 2001 and 26 March 2002 Respectively) |
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Newfoundland and Labrador v. Nova Scotia (Awards of the Tribunal in the First and Second Phases of an Arbitration Concerning Portions of the Limits of the Parties’ Respective Offshore Areas, Dated 17 May 2001 and 26 March 2002 Respectively) |
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Newfoundland and Labrador v. Nova Scotia (Awards of the Tribunal in the First and Second Phases of an Arbitration Concerning Portions of the Limits of the Parties’ Respective Offshore Areas, Dated 17 May 2001 and 26 March 2002 Respectively) |
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Newfoundland and Labrador v. Nova Scotia (Awards of the Tribunal in the First and Second Phases of an Arbitration Concerning Portions of the Limits of the Parties’ Respective Offshore Areas, Dated 17 May 2001 and 26 March 2002 Respectively) |
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Newfoundland and Labrador v. Nova Scotia (Awards of the Tribunal in the First and Second Phases of an Arbitration Concerning Portions of the Limits of the Parties’ Respective Offshore Areas, Dated 17 May 2001 and 26 March 2002 Respectively) |
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newfoundland and labrador v. nova scotia (awards of the tribunal in the first and second phases of an arbitration concerning portions of the limits of the parties’ respective offshore areas, dated 17 may 2001 and 26 march 2002 respectively) |
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