[PDF] Top 20 Recent Developments in the Law of the Sea 1984-1985

... Ocean dumping in areas beyond national jurisdiction should be regulated under the 1972 Convention of the Prevention of Marine Pollution of Dumping of Wastes and Other Matt[r] ... See full document

... The law of unjust enrichment, as it applies in Australia following the High Court’s decision in Pavey & Matthews Pty Ltd v Paul (1987) 162 CLR 221, does not found or reflect any ‘all- embracing theory of ... See full document

... Thermal Pollution Suit Filed.:" On March 13, the Justice Department filed suit in United States District Court, on recommendation of Secretary Hickel, against the [r] ... See full document

... Relations Committee. In addition, the cost for filing certain applications, petitions, appeals, and motions under the Immigration and Nationality Act has been changed. P[r] ... See full document

... After a period of ambiguity and national confusion, appellate courts stepped in and clarified the law as it relates to marijuana possession. It is now evident that the current prohibition on marijuana possession ... See full document

... In our 174 standard metropolitan areas there are 15,658 units of local government.9 More than 3,600 of these are involved in the administration of at least a portion of the police functi[r] ... See full document

... (2) The court shall not modify a prior custody decree unless it finds upon the basis of facts that have arisen since the prior decree or that were unknown to th[r] ... See full document

... 2d, 1937 the Circuit Court held that trial court could not permit the defendant to waive trial by jury unless the prosecution consented... The maximum penalty for violation of the regula[r] ... See full document

... The Supreme Court,, in a better reasoned opinion, later held, however, that both an order suspending execution of sentence and an order suspending imposition of sentence are "final decis[r] ... See full document

... If the information from a consumer reporting agency is used to deny credit, insurance or employment to a consumer, or is used to increase the charge for credit or [r] ... See full document

... No United Nations mediation, International Court of Justice decision, or action taken pursuant to the 1982 United Na- tions Convention on the Law of the Sea treaty mat[r] ... See full document

... Al- len' 10 centered on whether the warrantless stop and search of the defendant's vehicles violated his constitutional rights."' The Fourth Amendment to the Unite[r] ... See full document

... A result of the Malta proposal was the adoption, in 1970, of a resolution by the United Nations to create the Ad Hoc Committee to Study the Peaceful Uses of the Seabed [r] ... See full document

... ary 5, 1973, following three months of intensive and sometimes heated negotiations, the United States and Mexico reached an agreement concerning the implementation o[r] ... See full document

... Until that time the Canal will operate under American control but with both American and Panamanian participation.1 07 When the treaty becomes effective six months after fo[r] ... See full document

... New England states co-sponsored proposed legislation entitled the Lobster Conservation and Control Act of 1973.12 The proposal would prohibit foreign fishing fleets f[r] ... See full document

... The Act proclaims the exclusive management authority of the United States over fishery resources within a 200-mile conservation zone and beyond the zone authority over[r] ... See full document

... 7 8 Those two delegations responded that the legislation was an interim measure necessary to maintain investment interest in the seabed mining industry.1 79 Because both[r] ... See full document

... Political concerns were raised as the island nations of the South Pacific asserted their independence, while the United States and Libya engaged in a vio- lent conf[r] ... See full document

... Court for the Central District of California to block the anticipated mid-1975 sale of the 1.6 million acres off the Southern California coast 4 9 Brought on behalf o[r] ... See full document