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In: Papermac 17
In: (Comparative Law Series 2)
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In: Political science quarterly: a nonpartisan journal devoted to the study and analysis of government, politics and international affairs ; PSQ, Band 88, Heft 1, S. 161-163
ISSN: 1538-165X
In: American journal of international law: AJIL, Band 66, Heft 2, S. 376-377
ISSN: 2161-7953
In: American journal of international law: AJIL, Band 65, Heft 5, S. 757-770
ISSN: 2161-7953
The General Assembly Resolution of December 17, 1970,1 has been widely acclaimed for its affirmation of the principles that
In: American political science review, Band 65, Heft 2, S. 578-579
ISSN: 1537-5943
In: American journal of international law: AJIL, Band 65, Heft 1, S. 77-79
ISSN: 2161-7953
In: International journal / Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Band 25, Heft 2, S. 272-286
ISSN: 2052-465X
In: American journal of international law: AJIL, Band 64, Heft 2, S. 229-240
ISSN: 2161-7953
The decision of the International Court of Justice in the North Sea Continental Shelf Cases is surely one of the most interesting as well as debatable decisions in the history of the Court. It deals with certain aspects of one of the most important new developments of international law, the doctrine of the Continental Shelf. It also touches on some basic problems of the sources of international law. Among the matters dealt with, in greater or lesser detail, by the Court are the formation of custom in contemporary conditions, the effect of custom upon treaty and, in turn, the possible translation of principles formulated in a multilateral treaty, into universal custom. Above all, the Court was compelled to formulate certain principles of general equity as applicable to the delimitation of the continental shelves between three of the coastal states of the North Sea. It is this attempt of the Court to formulate the general principles of equity applicable to a fair allocation of the resources of the Continental Shelf between neighbors with which the present article will be mainly concerned.