The Panama Canal

The relationship between straits and interoceanic canals has always been ambiguous. Unlike straits, interoceanic canals are neither natural nor subject to a universal legal regime like the Law of the Sea. However, straits and interoceanic canals share comparable historical experiences due to their g...

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Hovedforfatter: Aguirre, Robert
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description The relationship between straits and interoceanic canals has always been ambiguous. Unlike straits, interoceanic canals are neither natural nor subject to a universal legal regime like the Law of the Sea. However, straits and interoceanic canals share comparable historical experiences due to their geographic similarities. Suspending interest in a purely legal analysis, The Panama Canal lets logic yield to experience and considers the Panama Canal as an “artificial strait.” The volume recasts the dynamic events that have changed the Panama Canal in the context of three interactive elements: environments, flows, and territoriality. Cleverly deciphering from history how changes in one element led to changes in another, The Panama Canal suggests a considerably new perspective for viewing the canal’s past and future.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1588582025-04-24T04:04:23Z The Panama Canal Aguirre, Robert artifical straits geography history Panama Canal Panamanian sovereignty straits territoriality United States geopolitics waterborne trade The relationship between straits and interoceanic canals has always been ambiguous. Unlike straits, interoceanic canals are neither natural nor subject to a universal legal regime like the Law of the Sea. However, straits and interoceanic canals share comparable historical experiences due to their geographic similarities. Suspending interest in a purely legal analysis, The Panama Canal lets logic yield to experience and considers the Panama Canal as an “artificial strait.” The volume recasts the dynamic events that have changed the Panama Canal in the context of three interactive elements: environments, flows, and territoriality. Cleverly deciphering from history how changes in one element led to changes in another, The Panama Canal suggests a considerably new perspective for viewing the canal’s past and future. 2025-04-24T04:04:21Z 2025-04-24T04:04:21Z 2025-04-23T12:52:57Z 2010 book ONIX_20250423_9789047430728_27 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/101128 9789047430728 9789004177284 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/158858 eng International Straits of the World open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101128/1/9789047430728.pdf Brill Nijhoff 10.1163/ej.9789004177284.i-294 10.1163/ej.9789004177284.i-294 33fecb33-e7c4-4fc8-96b0-7ba2fccafba9 9789047430728 9789004177284 Nijhoff open access
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The Panama Canal
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