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The Antarctic Treaty and the law of the sea: fifty years on

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

Christopher C. Joyner
Christopher C. Joyner*
Affiliation:
Department of Government and Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, 681 Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, 37th & O Streets, N.W., Washington, DC. 20057–1034, USA
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Since the Antarctic Treaty was negotiated in 1959, it has undergone major substantive legal transformations as it grew into a multifaceted regime known as the Antarctic Treaty system. Many of those transformations stemmed from actions by the principal decision makers, the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties (ATCPs), as they adopted new strategies and values alongside binding legal agreements for managing their activities in circumpolar southern waters. This essay examines the evolution of the modern law of the sea and seeks to explain how it embellished (has it at times challenged?) the character, significance and purposes of the Antarctic Treaty.

Type
50 years on: invited reflections on the Antarctic Treaty
Information
Polar Record , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , January 2010 , pp. 14 - 17
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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