1982年通过的《联合国海洋法公约》据说是海洋宪法。由于该法律文书没有明确提及北极，因此可能会提出一个问题，即其适用范围是否延伸到这些北部水域？法律影响是深远的，因为如果《公约》适用，它就意味着北冰洋海底及其底土的一部分受人类共同遗产原则管辖。如果不是的话，可以说该地区的大陆架只是在五个沿岸国之间划分。十年来，俄罗斯联邦的一批法律学者一直在推广最后一种观点。本文旨在评估这一特殊学派的影响力。
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, adopted in 1982, is said to be the Constitution for the Oceans. As this legal instrument does not make any explicit reference to the Arctic, the question could be raised whether its field of application extends to these northern waters ? The legal implications are far-reaching, for if the convention applies it entails that part of the Arctic ocean floor and its subsoil is governed by the common heritage of mankind principle.If not, it could be argued that the continental shelf in the area is simply to be divided between the five littoral states. The last idea has been promoted since a decade now by a strand of legal scholars in the Russian Federation. The present article intends to assess the weight carried by this particular school of thought.
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