Islands: Normal and Special Circumstances." The use, or non-use, of islands in establishing national jurisdiction over ocean space has been somewhat inconsistent and troublesome on a global scale over the years. While on the one hand, islands are to be... Island Disputes and the Law of the Sea: An Examination of Sovereignty and ... - Page 1 by Robert W. Smith, Bradford L. Thomas - 1998 - 27 pages Limited preview - About this book
...room, knew even then what the potential problems would be in implementing any law of the sea regime. The title of his work was rather prophetic: "Islands:...treated in the same manner as any mainland territory (such as being an integral part of a coastal State's baseline and having a territorial sea of its own),...