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8 Natural Resources and International Norms

From: Problems and Process: International Law and How We Use It

Rosalyn Higgins

Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Published in print:
24 August 1995
ISBN:
9780198764106

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 10 December 2023

Subject(s):
Mineral resources — Freshwater — UNCLOS (UN Convention on the Law of the Sea) — High seas — Continental shelf — Natural resources — Codification — Delimitation — Sovereignty — Concession agreements
To study the international law of natural resources is rapidly to discover that it is not a single, monolithic topic. Almost everything depends, if not on the specific resource, on the category of natural resource that one is studying. Not only the answers, but indeed the questions that it is necessary to ask, will depend upon that initial matter. Let me take the following three broad examples of natural resources to illustrate the point: the mineral resources of the deep sea-bed; water, including water as it is carried along by the great international rivers; and...
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