UM Law Professor Bernard H. Oxman featured in New American article on Law of the Sea Treaty
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UM Law Professor Bernard H. Oxman was featured in a February 19, 2009 New American article on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (also known as the Law of the Sea Treaty, or LOST).
According to the article, the United States Senate may soon be voting on the treaty, which gives the United Nations control and jurisdiction over the world's oceans. The international pact on ocean shipping and deep-sea mining has languished in Congress for years. In 2007, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted in favor of ratifying the treaty, sending it to the full Senate where it needs a two-thirds vote to win final approval.
Professor Oxman is a globally-renowned expert on the Law of the Sea. He serves as judge ad hoc of both the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and is the only American to have been appointed to both courts. On February 3, 2009, he sat as judge ad hoc of the ICJ as the court delivered its 100th judgment. In 2008, Professor Oxman was elected as co-editor in chief of the American Journal of International Law for a second five-year term, and was nominated for a second year as vice president of the American Society of International Law.
At UM Law, Professor Oxman is the Richard A. Hausler Professor of Law. He regularly teaches Conflict of Laws, International Law, Law of the Sea and Torts courses. He also serves as the faculty chair of the Master of Laws Program in Ocean and Coastal Law, and previously served as associate dean of the Law School from 1987 to 1990. Prior to joining the faculty in 1977, Professor Oxman was Assistant Legal Adviser for Oceans, Environment and Scientific Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, as well as U.S. Representative to the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea.
Click here to read The New American article.
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posted 19-February-2009
