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Dubai-Sharjah Border Arbitration

Court of Arbitration.  19 October 1981 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Arbitration — Arbitration agreement — Function of arbitral tribunal — Boundary dispute — Whether tribunal's task one of demarcation of existing boundary or delimitation — Law applicable to arbitration

Arbitration — Concept of arbitration — Distinction between arbitration and political settlement — Boundary dispute — Dependent States — Trucial States — Reference of dispute to British official — Consent of Rulers of the Trucial States — Whether obtained by coercion — Whether decision of official based upon law — Whether decision of official legally binding upon successor States

Territory — Boundaries — Land boundaries — Arbitration of boundary dispute — Critical date — Acquisition of title — Prescription — Protest — Desert areas — Allegiance of tribes — Exercise of jurisdiction — Significance in establishing title to territory

Sea — Maritime boundaries — Delimitation — Adjacent States — Equity — Harbour works — Use as part of base lines — Equidistance method — Special circumstances — Islands — Whether island should be given half effect — Effect of island's entitlement to a territorial sea

Type
Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1993

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