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15 Gonz. J. Int'l L. 1 (2011-2012)

handle is hein.journals/gjil15 and id is 1 raw text is: STATUS AND SOVEREIGNTY OF THE LIANCOURT ROCKS: THE DISPUTE BETWEEN JAPAN AND KOREA Phil Haas * I. IN T R O D U C T IO N ............................................................................................ 1 II. UNCLOS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EEZ .................................. 3 III. SOVEREIGNTY/OWNERSHIP OF THE LIANCOURT ROCKS ...................... 9 A. Territorial Acquisition under International Law ........................ 9 1. C ase L aw ......................................................................... . . 10 a. Island of Palm as ......................................................... 10 b. C lipperton Island .......................................................... 12 c. M in quiers ................................................................... . . 14 d. E l Salvador .................................................................. 15 e. Eritrea-Y em en .............................................................. 16 2. Treaty of Peace with Japan (San Francisco Peace Treaty) and SCAPIN -677 ............................................... 17 B. Competing Claims of Sovereignty over the Liancourt Rocks ...... 18 1. Japan 's C laim .................................................................... 18 2. K orea's C laim .................................................................. 20 C. Sovereignty over the Liancourt Rocks .................................... 24 IV . C ON CLU SION ..................................................................................... 25 I. INTRODUCTION In the middle of the Sea of Japan,1 there are two tiny rocky islands surrounded by valuable fishing waters that have been a source of an ongoing • J.D., Barry University School of Law. 1. South Korea Protest over Japan Claim, BBC News, http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/- /2/hi/asia-pacific/4352923.stm (last updated March 16, 2005) (noting that there is an ongoing dispute over the name of the body of water - Japan calls it the Sea of Japan and South Korea insists on the East Sea).

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