1. CATO Institute: Don't Resurrect the Law of the Sea Treaty
- Author:
- Doug Bandow
- Publication Date:
- 10-2005
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The Cato Institute
- Abstract:
- For more than 20 years, the United States has refused to become a party to the Law of the Sea Treaty. Advocates of the treaty, a comprehensive measure governing navigational rights on the sea and mineral rights on the seabed, claimed that U.S. failure to join the convention would result in chaos on the high seas. It has not. Very few Americans know anything about the treaty, and even advocates are hard-pressed to explain how the United States would benefit from its adoption.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, International Law, and Treaties and Agreements
- Political Geography:
- United States