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Sovereignty over Natural Resources: Balancing Rights and Duties »

Authors: Nico Schrijver, John Bell (Editor), James Crawford
ISBN-13: 9780521562690, ISBN-10: 0521562694
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: July 1997
Edition: (Non-applicable)

An analysis of the evolution of permanent sovereignty from a political claim to a principle of international law.

	List of boxes, figures and tables
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	List of abbreviations
	List of main symbols used in UN documents
	Glossary
	Table of cases
1	Introduction	1
Pt. I	The birth and development of the principle: the UN General Assembly as midwife
2	The formative years (1945-1962)	36
3	Promoting economic development by the exercise of permanent sovereignty: the period after 1962	82
4	Permanent sovereignty, environmental protection and sustainable development	120
5	Permanent sovereignty over natural resources in territories under occupation or foreign administration	143
Pt. II	Natural-resource law in practice: from creeping national jurisdiction towards international co-operation
6	International investment law: from nationalism to pragmatism	173
7	The law of the sea: extension of control over marine resources	202
8	International environmental law: sovereignty versus the environment?	231
Pt. III	Balancing rights and duties in an increasingly interdependent world
9	Rights and claims: seeking evidence of recognition in international law	258
10	Duties: the other side of the coin	306
11	Sovereignty over natural resources as a basis for sustainable development	368
App. I	United Nations resolutions and other decisions	399
App. II	Table of multilateral treaties	402
App. III	Survey of main cases	410
	Bibliography	419
	Index	447