Meaningful exercise of freedom of high sea.
Freedom of high sea is the concept adopted from the book Mare Liberum the meaning of which in English is “the freedom of the sea”; a book by great legal mind, Hugo Grotius. Where...
Category: Law of the Sea
R v. Keyn (1876) 2 ExD 63 (Court for Crown Cases Reserved)
R v. Keyn (1876) 2 ExD 63 (Court for Crown Cases Reserved) Background A collision occurred in the English Channel within 3 miles of the English coast between a German ship, the Franconia and...
Corfu Channel Case (UK and Northern Ireland v. People’s Republic of Albania) ICJ 1949
Corfu Channel Case (UK and Northern Ireland v. People’s Republic of Albania) ICJ 194 Principle: The principle of the freedom of maritime communication. An international rout must be free from any danger, and the coastal...
Anglo – Norwegian Fisheries case (1951) ICJ Rep. 166
Anglo – Norwegian Fisheries case (1951) ICJ Rep. 166 Principle: The base line can be calculated straightly linking the outmost points of the land. It is called straight baseline principle. Fact: In 1935 by...
