Law of The Sea
This is a body of law governing international relations at sea. There have been three United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea - in 1956, 1960 and 1967 - which have been ratified by Britain. The last one came into force in 1994.
Read more about this topic: Maritime History Of The United Kingdom
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“The law of nature is, do the thing, and you shall have the power: but they who do not the thing have not the power.”
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