Dividing Coastal Waters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10071605 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Samuelson (0009-0005-3736-0979, Boston University, corresponding author), William F Samuelson (Boston University) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-111 |
| Publication date | 1985-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002785029001005 |
| OpenAlex | W2155145879 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
In the last decade, the extension of fishing jurisdictions and the expansion of off-shore drilling have given rise to many new maritime disputes between neighboring countries seeking to delimit exclusive economic zones. Because the record of negotiated boundary treaties has been augmented case by case, there has been only partial progress in articulating general principles that should govern the maritime property right assignment. This article treats the task of fixing maritime boundaries as a problem of “fair” division. We present a trio of axioms requiring that the division should respond in natural ways to coastal changes and should be based solely on distances sea to shore. It is shown that the imposition of these conditions limits the division method to the minimum distance rule under point-by-point division or to “minimum distance” shares under an aggregate division
Axiom · Boundary (topology · Division (mathematics · Division of labour · Economics · Extension (predicate logic · Fishing · Geography · Geometry · Management · Operations research · Point (geometry · Political science · Shore · Task (project management · Computer Science · Economic Zones and Regional Development · Engineering · Geology · International Maritime Law Issues · Law · Law, logistics, and international trade · Mathematics · Oceanography
The Bargaining Problem
The Tunisia-Libya Continental Shelf Case
Sea Boundary Delimitation Between States Before World War II
The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
Equitable Solutions to the Maritime Boundary Dispute Between the United States and Canada in the Gulf of Maine
The Maritime Boundaries of the United States
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |