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Case Concerning the Continental Shelf

International Court of Justice.  24 February 1982 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

International law in general — Sources — Customary international law — Equity and equitable principles — New accepted trends of United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea — Adjudication ex aequo et bono distinguished — Informal composite negotiating text of the draft Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982

International law in general — Relation to municipal law — Relevance of Petroleum Law 1955 and oil concessions

State territory — Parts of — Boundaries — Land boundaries — Relevance of land boundary to delimitation of continental shelf — Adjacent States — Land frontier at Ras Ajdir — Coast to shelf ratio

State territory — Parts of — Boundaries — Water boundaries — Boundary of continental shelf — Delimitation between adjacent States — Equitable principles and special circumstances — Equidistance — Importance of geographical circumstances — Relevance of coastline — Islands — Coast to shelf ratio

State territory — Parts of — Territorial, waters — Breadth and delimitation of the maritime belt — Dispute between two adjacent States — Base lines — Islands

State territory — Parts of — Territorial waters — Coasting trade and fisheries — Historic fishing rights — Relevance to delimitation of continental shelf

State territory — Parts of — Islands — Whether Jerba and Kerkennahs relevant to delimitation of continental shelf — Whether termination of shelf boundary line to be stipulated — Future claims by Malta

Treaties — Interpretation of — Consideration of preparatory work Draft Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982

Disputes — International Court of Justice — Contentious jurisdiction — Competence — Special agreement between the parties — Whether specific method of delimitation requested

Disputes — International Court of Justice — Contentious jurisdiction — The law applicable — Special agreement between the parties Article 1 — Equity — Application of equitable principles distinguished from adjudication ex aequo et bono

Disputes — International Court of Justice — Contentious jurisdiction — Judgment — Special agreement between the parties — Article 1 — Court asked to specify only principles of delimitation — Specification of practical application

State territory — Parts of — Continental Shelf — Boundaries — Delimitation — Adjacent States — Equitable principles and special circumstances — Geneva Convention on Continental? — Whether identical with adjudication ex aequo et bono — Judgment — Delimitation principles — Practical application

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Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1984

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