Don’t Open the Door to Law of the Sea Litigation
"Don’t Open the Door to Law of the Sea Litigation" — Groves, Steven — Heritage Foundation — January 10, 2013
Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute warns of the dangers of litigation if the United States joins the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, more commonly known as the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST).
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By ratifying UNCLOS, the U.S. would be exposed to climate change lawsuits and other environmental actions brought against it by other members of the convention and the economic and political ramifications of such lawsuits could be dire.
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