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11 Cornell L. Q. 455 (1925-1926)
Extent and Delimitation of Territorial Waters

handle is hein.journals/clqv11 and id is 469 raw text is: The Extent and Delimitation of Territorial Waters HE-NRY S. Fn.AsE* It is not too much to say that the confused condition of the law of territorial waters has for years hampered commerce, delayed and impaired the administration of justice, and endangered international political relations. The confusion, however, in the law on this subject is partially due to inherent difficulties and honest differences of opinion, and not to any lack of attempts on the part of courts and publicists to establish the true bases of the law, or on the part of international societies to draft codes in the interest of uniformity. In fact, at the present time an ambitious attempt to bring order out of the chaos in the law of territorial waters is being made by the Com- mittee of Experts for the Progressive Codification of International Law. This Committee of sixteen experts was appointed by the Council of the League of Nations on December 12, 1924, and is composed of a group of eminent jurisconsults not only possessing individually the required qualifications but also as a body represent- ing the main forms of civilization and the principal legal systems of the world. The Committee held its first session in April, 1925, and at that time appointed twelve sub-committees to make a preliminary examination of certain questions of public and private international law, with a view to more detailed propositions at a later date. Among the subjects chosen for study was the problem of territorial waters, which topic was given into the hands of Dr. Walther Schifcking (Germany), M. Barboza de Magalhaes (Portugal), and Mr. George W. Wickersham (United States). In January, 1926, the Committee of Experts convened at Geneva for their second session, and took up one by one the reports of the several sub-committees. It was decided, among other things, to submit a draft convention on the law of territorial waters to the governments of the world, whether members of the League or not, for the purpose of receiving criticisms and suggestions to enable the Committee to continue its work in a practical fashion. In sending the report to the governments, it was requested that their replies be returned not later than October 15, 1926, in time for the third session of the Committee of Experts. The Committee will then report to the Council of the League of Nations whether the time is ripe for an *Senior in Cornell Law School.

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