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Article: Legal sea change.(Convention on the Law of the Sea)(Column)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- March 15, 1995
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SEA CHANGE" is one of those buzzphrases used to describe a radical transformation. In its "archaic" dictionary meaning, a sea change is simply "a change brought about by the sea." This definition reminds us that the real change occurs not only on the surface but also in the unseen depths. In other words, stories of genuine transformation will not always appear on the evening news.
Almost without notice the Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)--opened for signature in 1982-was ratified in 1993 by the requisite 60 nations and went into effect on November 16, 1994. The U.S. is not yet a party to this treaty that it once did much to promote. The Senate will debate the ...