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1893, U.S./U.K., Arb.-H, Bering Sea Sealing (Justice Harlan opinions)
Opinions of Mr. Justice Harlan at the conference in Paris of the Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration, constituted by the treaty of February 29, 1892,
between Her Britannic Majesty and the United States of America…: n.a., 228p, Wash., GPO, 1893. (A TOC is provided on p. 3; lacks index. The first
Justice Harlan was one of the two American representatives on the Tribunal. The underlying controversy being arbitrated in this case arose from a fishery
dispute between the U.S. and the U.K. in the Pribilof Islands off the coast of Alaska. In 1870 the U.S., claiming territorial rights, leased the
exclusive right to kill seals on or near the islands to an Alaskan company under conditions meant to ensure the preservation of the seal population. Great
Britain protested the U.S. exclusion of its citizens from the sealing region, particularly on the grounds that when Russia, the prior sovereign of
the islands, had attempted to assert such claims, the U.S. had joined the U.K. in protest. An arbitration of the dispute was agreed to by treaty, and
the matter was brought before a commission sitting in Paris. The arbitration panel was composed of two members each from the U.S. and U.K., along with
three members appointed by the president of France, the king of Italy, and the king of Norway & Sweden. See also the ten other documents relevant to
this case offered on this site. The award is provided as LLMC title no. 09692.)
Title:   Opinions of Mr. Justice Harlan at the conference in Paris of the Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration, constituted by the treaty of February 29, 1892, between Her Britannic Majesty and the United States of America.
OCLC Number:   502361658
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