Review: Asia: Sovereignty over Natural Resources
| Author | Peter J. Stoett |
| Published date | 01 September 1998 |
| Date | 01 September 1998 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/002070209805300329 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
Reviews
Even
if
they
share
my
reservations
during
the
New
International
Eco-
about
its
ultimate
purposes
-
keep-
nomic
Order,
make
for
rather
slow
ing the
world
safe
for
multinational
reading,
but
such
minute
coverage
business,
with
the
further
erosion
of
is
essential
for
a
grasp
of
United
distributive
justice,
public
account-
Nations
diplomacy
during
that
era.
ability,
and
procedural transparency Part
11
of
the
book
deals
with
nat-
which
this
entails
-
it
remains
a
chal-
ural-resource
law in
practice
and
lenging
read
and
an excellent source
what
the
author
identifies
as
a
shift
of
reference
to related
literature, from creeping
national
jurisdiction
towards
international
co-operation.
Daryl
Copeland/Canadian Institute The
chapter on
the
law
of
the
sea
is
of
International
Affairs
one
of
the
best synopses
to
be
found
on
the subject.
SOVEREIGNTY
OVER
NATURAL
Anyone
concerned
with
recent
RESOURCES
(and
apparently
failing)
negotia-
Balancing rights
and
duties
tions
to
establish
a
multilateral
Nico
Schrijver
investment
treaty,
or
who
follows
Cambridge:
Cambridge
Univeristy
the
on-going
Cuba-United
States-
Press,
1997,
848pp,
US$89.95
Canada dispute, would
be
well
advised
to
read
the
extensive
sec-
This
book
details
the
modern
histo-
tions
of
the
book
dealing
with
inter-
ry
of
the
principle
of
permament
national
investment
law
for
back-
sovereignty
over
natural
resources,
ground.
The
treatment
on
the
legal
primarily
through
United Nations
situation
of
natural
resources
in
resolutions,
draft
histories,
and
areas
under
foreign
occupation
and
international
case
law.
The
princi-
the rights
of
indigenous
peoples
is
pIe
was
first
introduced
to
reflect
also
interesting.
the General
Assembly's
emphasis
Although the book
is
written
for
on
the
economic development
of
students
of
international
law
and
the
South
and
the
self-determina-
includes
a
helpful
glossary
of
Latin
tion
of
colonial
peoples,
but
cur-
expressions,
that
should
not
deter
rent
environmental
problems
and
political
scientists,
historians,
geog-
debates
over
investment rights
and
raphers,
and
others
from
consulting
obligations
have
extended
its
rele-
this
authoritative
text.
The
book
vance.
serves
as
a
reminder
that
sovereignty
This book
has
a
great
deal
to
as
an
institution
was
actively
pro-
offer.
Some
of
the
chapters
on
the
moted
by
Southern
states
and that
tortuous
process
of
drafting
General
shifts
in
the international context
Assembly
resolutions,
especially have
a
symbiotic
relationship
with
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