Symposium: Papers on Alternative Regimes for the Sea; Submarine Zones of Special Jurisdiction Under the High Seas -- Some Military Aspects

Abstract

"At the outset I wish to offer a definition and make two preliminary points. Following the position I took in my earlier study 'Special Regimes and Pre-emptive Activities in International Law' I propose that the word 'regime' be used to indicate: 'A system of rules operating within a given legal framework or with respect to a stipulated group of related objects to allocate effective rights and resolve conflicting claims on the basis of common values'. To this definition I should add the observation that within the regime governing the allocation and evidencing of submarine zones of special jurisdiction I propose to discuss there are systems of priorities between types of envisaged uses (and especially military uses) of the sea."