Author: Donald MacMaster
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Category : Bering Sea controversy
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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The Seal Arbitration, 1893
Author: Donald MacMaster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bering Sea controversy
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bering Sea controversy
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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The Seal Arbitration
Author: Donald MacMaster
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265210468
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Excerpt from The Seal Arbitration: 1893 The recent difference between Great Britain and the United States, in regard to sealing in the Behring Sea, had its origin in the seizure by American Cruisers of Canadian sealing vessels frequenting that sea in 1886. Great Britain and the United States were at peace, and under the circumstances, the seizure of the Canadian vessels at distances varying from 60 to 100 miles from the nearest land was an act of war. The seized vessels were conveyed to Sitka in Alaska, and there the masters and mates were tried in a Prize Court and condemned to fine and imprisonment, their vessels being detained and their crews turned adrift for the alleged violation of a statute of the United States, which provides that No person shall kill any otter, mink, marten, sable, or fur-seal, or other fur bearing animal within the limits 'of Alaska or the waters thereof. Against these seizures and condemnations Great Britain protested, pointing out that such seizures on the high seas were in viola tion of the law of nations. To this protest the American Government rejoined that the seizures and condemnations were made in virtue of certain clauses of the revised statutes of the United States regulating the taking of Seals and other fur bearing animals in the waters and territory of Alaska. The judgments in effect held that the Behring Sea was mare clausum - and was ceded as such - the water as well as the land - by Russia to the United States in 1867. This is the first appearance of the mare clausum doctrine in connection with the controversy. It was strongly combated by Great Britain from the outset. The British F oreign Secretary promptly pointed out that, at and long before the cession of Alaska to the United States, Russia had formally recognized that Behring Sea was open to the ships of all nations, and thatwhen Russia in 1821 had attempted to enlarge the jurisdiction from three miles to 100 miles from the Shore on the North West Coast of America and East Coast of Asia, both England and the United States protested against any excess of maritime jurisdiction beyond the three miles recognized by international law, and that these protests resulted in the formal abandonment by Russia of the claim to extended jurisdiction. It will be seen that the judgment of the Alaskan Court went further than the most extreme pretensions of Russia, and assumed that Russia practically owned the Behring Sea, and that it was transferred to the United States with the Islands in it as well as the mainland of Russian America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265210468
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Excerpt from The Seal Arbitration: 1893 The recent difference between Great Britain and the United States, in regard to sealing in the Behring Sea, had its origin in the seizure by American Cruisers of Canadian sealing vessels frequenting that sea in 1886. Great Britain and the United States were at peace, and under the circumstances, the seizure of the Canadian vessels at distances varying from 60 to 100 miles from the nearest land was an act of war. The seized vessels were conveyed to Sitka in Alaska, and there the masters and mates were tried in a Prize Court and condemned to fine and imprisonment, their vessels being detained and their crews turned adrift for the alleged violation of a statute of the United States, which provides that No person shall kill any otter, mink, marten, sable, or fur-seal, or other fur bearing animal within the limits 'of Alaska or the waters thereof. Against these seizures and condemnations Great Britain protested, pointing out that such seizures on the high seas were in viola tion of the law of nations. To this protest the American Government rejoined that the seizures and condemnations were made in virtue of certain clauses of the revised statutes of the United States regulating the taking of Seals and other fur bearing animals in the waters and territory of Alaska. The judgments in effect held that the Behring Sea was mare clausum - and was ceded as such - the water as well as the land - by Russia to the United States in 1867. This is the first appearance of the mare clausum doctrine in connection with the controversy. It was strongly combated by Great Britain from the outset. The British F oreign Secretary promptly pointed out that, at and long before the cession of Alaska to the United States, Russia had formally recognized that Behring Sea was open to the ships of all nations, and thatwhen Russia in 1821 had attempted to enlarge the jurisdiction from three miles to 100 miles from the Shore on the North West Coast of America and East Coast of Asia, both England and the United States protested against any excess of maritime jurisdiction beyond the three miles recognized by international law, and that these protests resulted in the formal abandonment by Russia of the claim to extended jurisdiction. It will be seen that the judgment of the Alaskan Court went further than the most extreme pretensions of Russia, and assumed that Russia practically owned the Behring Sea, and that it was transferred to the United States with the Islands in it as well as the mainland of Russian America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Seal Arbitration, 1893
Author: Donald MacMaster
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Category : Bering Sea controversy
Languages : en
Pages : 65
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Publisher:
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Category : Bering Sea controversy
Languages : en
Pages : 65
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The Fur Seals and Other Life of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, in 1914
Author: Wilfred Hudson Osgood
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Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Publisher:
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Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Report
Author: Louisiana. Department of State
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Category : Louisiana
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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1902/04- reports are mainly statistical reports.
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Category : Louisiana
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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1902/04- reports are mainly statistical reports.
Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Louisiana for the Two Years Ending May 1, ... to His Excellency ..., Governor of Louisiana
Author: Louisiana. Dept. of State
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Category : Louisiana
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Category : Louisiana
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Principles of International Environmental Law
Author: Philippe Sands
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107376904
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 993
Book Description
The third edition of this classic textbook offers comprehensive and critical commentary on international environmental law. It fully covers the key topics of the course and is clearly structured to include the history and framework in which international environmental law exists, key areas of regulation and implementation, links to other areas of law and future developments. It has been updated to incorporate all the latest developments in treaty and case law. Extensive feedback on previous editions results in a restructuring of material, including a new part focused on linkage to other areas of international law including human rights, international trade and foreign investment. There is also a new chapter on future developments charting the directions in which the subject is moving. Specialist authors writing on oceans, seas and fisheries and biodiversity add to the expertise of the two principal authors for an authoritative overview of the subject.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107376904
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 993
Book Description
The third edition of this classic textbook offers comprehensive and critical commentary on international environmental law. It fully covers the key topics of the course and is clearly structured to include the history and framework in which international environmental law exists, key areas of regulation and implementation, links to other areas of law and future developments. It has been updated to incorporate all the latest developments in treaty and case law. Extensive feedback on previous editions results in a restructuring of material, including a new part focused on linkage to other areas of international law including human rights, international trade and foreign investment. There is also a new chapter on future developments charting the directions in which the subject is moving. Specialist authors writing on oceans, seas and fisheries and biodiversity add to the expertise of the two principal authors for an authoritative overview of the subject.
Colonial Office List ...
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
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The Colonial Office List for ...
Author: Great Britain. Colonial Office
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 850
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 850
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A History of the Foreign Policy of the United States
Author: Randolph Greenfield Adams
Publisher: New York : [s.n.]
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Publisher: New York : [s.n.]
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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