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From: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Canada's defence : Doesn't anyone care?
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Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 23:35:51 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  6 23:35:51 1985
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Reply-To: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura)
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Organization: Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto
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Summary: In International Law, "settled" is iffy

In article <2007@mnetor.UUCP> fred@mnetor.UUCP (Fred Williams) writes:
>In article <781@lsuc.UUCP> jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) writes:
>
>>Now  if we can just settle the Grand Banks problems...
>
>    I think they had their facts straight, they just weren't reporting
>all of them.
>    It is my understanding that the letter was in our hands before
>the ship entered Canadian waters. Whether it was before the Polar
>Sea set sail I don't know.  I don't think they goofed either.
>    Jim, as a lawyer I thought you would know: the Grand Banks
>dispute was settled by the international court, wasn't it?  I was
>disappointed with the ruling, but I think we have to accept it.
>
>Cheers,		Fred Williams

     I haven't read the judgement.  Unfortunately, as a former
student of International Law, I rarely get a chance to keep up
with the topic (sigh--too busy trying to make a living).  I'll
caution you, however, that little is ever necessarily solved
in the international courts.  The real solution occurs if and
when the parties involved decide to abide by the ruling, and
more practically, whether they can come to some kind of compromise
which is advantageous to both parties.  The 'winner' of an
international dispute would be very foolish to leave the court
laughing and with the intention of 'sticking it' to the loser.
I don't think I have to go into the 'why's about that.  I think
you know that the US wouldn't really want to rub our noses in
a bad decision too much.  Their biggest trading partner and all
that stuff.
 
                                         Cheers! -- Jim O.

-- 
James Omura, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto
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