The delimitation of the continental shelf between Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands : arguing law, practicing politics? / A.G. Oude Elferink.
2013
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Title
The delimitation of the continental shelf between Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands : arguing law, practicing politics? / A.G. Oude Elferink.
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Call Number
KZA1689 .O93 2013
ISBN
9781107041462 (hardback)
1107041465 (hardback)
1107041465 (hardback)
Description
xxv, 508 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Other Standard Identifiers
60001882155
System Control No.
(OCoLC)843124221
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-495) and index.
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Table of Contents
List of figures
xiii
Acknowledgments
xv
List of arbitrations, cases and judgments
xviii
List of international instruments and national legislation
xx
Abbreviations
xxiv
1.
Introduction
1
1.1.
Origins and objectives
1
1.2.
Outline of the book
3
1.3.
On documentary sources
7
1.4.
Some miscellaneous points
11
2.
setting
13
2.1.
development of the continental shelf regime
13
2.2.
North Sea
18
2.3.
Other delimitation issues of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands
20
2.3.1.
Introduction
20
2.3.2.
Denmark
22
2.3.3.
Germany
25
2.3.4.
Netherlands
26
3.
development of the delimitation rule of the Convention on the continental shelf
32
3.1.
Introduction
32
3.2.
initial reception of the continental shelf regime
33
3.2.1.
Denmark
33
3.2.2.
Germany
38
3.2.3.
Netherlands
46
3.3.
1958 Conference on the law of the sea
55
3.4.
comparison of the Danish, Dutch and German approach
59
3.5.
Questions in relation to the implications of article 6 for the delimitation in the North Sea
64
4.
Digesting the outcome of the 1958 Conference
69
4.1.
Introduction
69
4.2.
Denmark
69
4.3.
Germany
75
4.4.
Netherlands
89
4.5.
different views on the status of the Convention
92
5.
first phase of the negotiations on the delimitation of continental shelf boundaries in the North Sea
95
5.1.
Overture to bilateral negotiations of Germany with Denmark and the Netherlands
95
5.2.
partial boundary between Germany and the Netherlands
103
5.2.1.
first stage of the negotiations
103
5.2.2.
search for a compromise
107
5.2.3.
Dutch assessment of the need for a compromise with Germany
112
5.2.4.
agreement on a partial boundary between Germany and the Netherlands
120
5.3.
agreement on a partial boundary between Denmark and Germany
126
5.4.
Denmark's bilateral boundaries with Norway and the United Kingdom
132
5.5.
broader framework of the bilateral negotiations
138
5.6.
bilateral boundaries of the Netherlands with Belgium and the United Kingdom and the boundary between Denmark and the Netherlands
147
5.6.1.
Introduction
147
5.6.2.
bilateral boundary between the Netherlands and Belgium
148
5.6.3.
bilateral boundary between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
151
5.6.4.
bilateral boundary between Denmark and the Netherlands
155
5.7.
Concluding remarks
157
6.
Finding a way out of the deadlock - the submission of the disputes to the International Court of Justice
161
6.1.
Introduction
161
6.2.
slow road to agreement on the purpose of further talks
161
6.3.
legal arguments for submission to arbitration or the Court
175
6.4.
Agreement to go to the Court
179
6.5.
content of the Special Agreements submitting the disputes to the Court
185
6.6.
Agreement on an interim arrangement
196
6.6.1.
Introduction
196
6.6.2.
negotiations between the parties
198
6.7.
Was the framework for going to the ICJ satisfactory and were there any alternatives?
211
7.
Interactions between the delimitation in the North Sea and other boundary issues of Denmark and the Netherlands in the 1960s
218
7.1.
Introduction
218
7.2.
Denmark - small islands, small problems
218
7.3.
Netherlands
222
7.3.1.
Introduction
222
7.3.2.
Netherlands and Suriname - consistency at all costs?
222
7.3.3.
common interests of the Netherlands and the Netherlands Antilles
237
7.4.
Denmark and the Netherlands compared
240
8.
pleadings of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands before the ICJ
242
8.1.
Introduction
242
8.2.
timing of the proceedings
243
8.3.
Memorials of Germany
246
8.3.1.
preparation of the German case and the Memorials
246
8.3.2.
Memorials
251
8.4.
Counter-Memorials of Denmark and the Netherlands
260
8.4.1.
preparation of the Danish and Dutch cases and the Counter-Memorials
260
8.4.2.
Counter-Memorials
268
8.5.
Germany's Replies
278
8.5.1.
preparation of the Replies
278
8.5.2.
Replies
280
8.6.
Common Rejoinder of Denmark and the Netherlands
289
8.6.1.
preparation of the Common Rejoinder
289
8.6.2.
Common Rejoinder
291
8.7.
oral pleadings
300
8.8.
approach of the parties to the pleadings
315
9.
judgment of the Court
318
9.1.
Introduction
318
9.2.
Court's consideration of the arguments of the parties
319
9.3.
Court's guidance to the parties
326
9.4.
judgment's and individual judges' views on the possible location of continental shelf boundaries between the parties
337
10.
negotiations following the judgment
342
10.1.
Introduction
342
10.2.
Germany's assessment of the judgment and preparations for further negotiations
343
10.3.
Denmark's assessment of the judgment and preparations for further negotiations
347
10.4.
Dutch assessment of the judgment and preparations for further negotiations
352
10.5.
negotiations - the deconstruction of the judgment
359
10.5.1.
Cracks in the Danish-Dutch front
359
10.5.2.
Natural prolongation as a geographical concept?
372
10.5.3.
Different approaches of Denmark and the Netherlands: unity in diversity?
383
10.5.4.
German rejection of the initial Dutch and Danish offers
390
10.5.5.
Bringing in the politicians
401
10.5.6.
Arguing the law, sort of
413
10.5.7.
Dutch discovery of geology
424
10.5.8.
Getting to the center of the North Sea
433
10.5.9.
bearable outcome
441
10.6.
Sorting out the roles of politics and law
443
11.
outcomes of the case study in a broader perspective
449
11.1.
Introduction
449
11.2.
Salient points of the case study
450
11.3.
Theoretical perspectives on the relation between international law and State behavior
465
11.4.
case study and the theoretical perspectives
473
Bibliography
483
Index
496