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Lord Asquith and the Continental Shelf

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2017

Richard Young
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , July 1952 , pp. 512 - 515
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1952

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1 The Abu Dhabi proclamation was substantially identical with that issued by Bahrein on June 5, 1949, the text of which was printed in translation in this Journal, Supp., Vol. 43 (1949), pp. 185–186.

2 Printed in The International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2 (April, 1952), p. 247.

3 This result is in accord with the decision on a similar question, but based on a somewhat differently worded agreement, made by Lord Radcliffe in a 1950 arbitration proceeding between the Sheikh of Qatar and Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited.

4 Iranian Law of July 19, 1934; Saudi Arab Decree of May 28, 1949. In their actions both states were in accord with a precedent set by the Ottoman Empire in 1914 with express reference to the Persian Gulf. See this Journal, Vol. 43 (1949), pp. 530–532.