Volume 42 | Number 1 Fall 2006
The MOX Plant Case: The Question of “Supplemental Jurisdiction” for International Environmental Claims Under UNCLOS
Summary
- Introduction
- Background
- Introduction
- The Irish Sea
- The MOX Plant
- Commissioning the MOX Plant
- Regulatory Background
- Scientific and Technical Overview
- Case Posture
- The Dispute
- Ireland's UNCLOS Claims
- Ireland's Non-UNCLOS Claims
- Jurisdiction and Applicable Law
- Introduction
- Article 288: "Jurisdiction"
- Interpreting the Article
- Negotiation History
- Article 293: "Applicable Law"
- Articles 287 and 288
- Jurisdiction Versus Applicable Law: The Case for Supplemental Jurisdiction Under UNCLOS
- Introduction to UNCLOS
- Negotiation History: Article 293
- Article 311: Relation to Other Conventions and Agreements
- UNCLOS as a "Constitution," not a "Statute"
- Integrative Role Evident in UNCLOS
- Straddling Stocks Agreement
- Principles of Statutory Construction and Contract Interpretation
- Early Caselaw
- The Supplemental Jurisdiction Statute
- Comparison to UNCLOS
Footnotes
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