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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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