McGILL LAW JOURNAL
Volume 15
Montreal
1969
Number 2
Recent Developments In
International Resources Law
Introduction
The five papers produced in this number of the McGill Law Journal
were originally presented by the six speakers at the International
Resources Law Conference held at the Faculty of Law, Queen’s
University, Kingston, Ontario on November 22-23, 1968. The Con-
ference, sponsored jointly by the Queen’s Faculty of Law, the
American Society of International Law and the Canadian Branch
of the International Law Association, was convened to discuss current
developments in the law relating to resources of particular interest
to Canadian and American legal scholars. The term “international
resources” was, for purposes of this Conference –
and in the hope
that it might acquire greater currency –
defined broadly to include
those resources of a human and fiscal nature as well as the more
traditional ones relating to our physical environment. Consequently,
speakers dealt with matters of human rights and foreign investment
controls along with such topics as water and air pollution and the
resources of the seabed.
The first two papers, presented by Professor Richard B. Lillich
of the University of Virginia Law School and Professors John S.
Hucker and Bruce C. McDonald of Queen’s University, direct them-
selves respectively to the questions of humanitarian intervention to
protect human rights and of developments in Canadian law designed
to foster respect for fundamental rights of individuals and minority
groups.
Professor James Weeks of Syracuse University examines the
domestic and international impact of the legislative and executive
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actions of the United States Government in the field of foreign
investment controls.
Mr. Allan Gotlieb, then a senior officer of the Department of
External Affairs, considers the developments in recent years of the
law governing the uses of the seabed and suggests some of the new
matters arising for consideration in this area in light of the techno-
logical advances in methods of exploitation which have developed.
In the final paper, Professor Frederick Jordan of Queen’s Uni-
versity canvasses the legal and administrative regimes which are
developing to assist states in coping with the growing problems of
environmental pollution, particularly that with international
im-
plications.
F.J.E. JORDAN,
Faculty of Law,
Queen’s University.
