Canada's Arctic Waters in International Law (Paperback)

Part I. The Waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and the Sector Theory; 1. The origins of the sector theory; 2. Boundary treaties as a legal basis for the sector theory; 3. Contiguity as a basis for the sector theory; 4. Customary law as a basis for the sector theory; Part II. The Waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago as Historic Waters: 5. The basic characteristics of historic waters; 6. Requirements of historic waters; 7. State practice of Arctic states on historic waters; 8. Historic waters applied to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Part III. The Waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Straight Baselines: 9. The law on straight baselines for coastal Archipelagos; 10. State practice on the use of straight baselines; 11. Straight baselines applied to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Part IV. The Waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and the Northwest Passage: 12. Description of the Northwest Passage; 13. Use of the Northwest Passage; 14. Legal status of the Northwest Passage.