R v. Pesquera Concar SA (Owners of the Antonio Lorenzo)

Abstract

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — Effect in municipal law — Whether self-executing — Whether capable of prevailing over municipal legislation

Sea — Maritime zones — Fisheries zone — Whether establishment of fisheries zone involving claim of sovereignty — Marine resources — Antarctic Convention on Marine Living Resources, 1982 — Whether precluding establishment of maritime zone and licensing regime around South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Territory — Claims to territorial sovereignty — Colonies — South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands — Establishment of maritime zone for fisheries conservation — Whether involving new claim to sovereignty — Antarctica — Antarctic Treaty area — Extent — The law of the Falkland Islands — The law of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands