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JD Columbia Law School 1965 AB Columbia College 1962 Bar BERNARD H. OXMAN Office: Home: School of Law TEL: 305 284 2293 10 Edgewater Drive (9H) University of Miami FAX: 305 284 6619 Coral Gables, FL 33133 Coral Gables, FL 33124-8087 <[email protected]> TEL: 305 443 9550 Education: J.D. Columbia Law School 1965 A.B. Columbia College 1962 Bar Admissions: District of Columbia, New York Employment: University of Miami School of Law, 1977-present Richard A. Hausler Professor of Law, 2008 to present Professor of Law, 1980-present Director, Maritime Law Program, 1997-present University Faculty Senator, 1996-2008; 2009-2017 Associate Dean, 1987-90 Associate Professor, 1977-80 Subjects taught regularly: conflict of laws, international law, law of the sea, torts AJIL: American Journal of International Law Co-Editor in Chief, 2003-2013 International Decisions Editor, 1998-2003 Board of Editors 1986-present Adjudication, Judge ad hoc, International Court of Justice: Arbitration, Black Sea Maritime Delimitation case (Romania v. Ukraine), Review Panel: 2006-2009 Judge ad hoc, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: Land Reclamation case (Malaysia v. Singapore), 2003 Bay of Bengal Maritime Delimitation case (Bangladesh v. Myanmar), 2010-2012 Indian Ocean Maritime Delimitation case (Mauritius/Maldives), 2019- Member, Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: Land Reclamation case (Malaysia v. Singapore) (2003-2005) ARA Libertad case (Argentina v. Ghana) (2013) Chair, Review Panel Established under Article 17 and Annex II of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean Objection of the Russian Federation to CMM 1.01 (2013) Arbitrator, various international commercial arbitrations Counsel for the Philippines in South China Sea arbitration (Phil. v. China) Counsel for Suriname in Guyana/Suriname maritime boundary arbitration Adviser to U.S. Government in Gulf of Maine Case (Can./U.S.) before ICJ Page 2 Consultant: International legal consultant to various governments and institutions U.S. Dept. of State Advisory Committee on International Law (2013- ) Visiting Appointments: Spring 1994: Professeur Invité, Institut des Hautes Études Internationales, Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) Spring 1982: Visiting Professor, School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California at Berkeley Summer 1978: Visiting Associate Professor, Stanford Law School Fall 1976: Professorial Lecturer, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University Prior Employment: 1973 to 1982: Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea: United States Representative and Vice-Chair of U.S. Delegation; Chair, English Language Group of Conference Drafting Committee (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) 1968 to 1977: Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State: Assistant Legal Adviser for Oceans, Environment and Scientific Affairs; Vice-Chair, National Security Council Task Force on Law of the Sea 1965: Research Assistant, Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia Law School (revision of DAVID & DE VRIES, THE FRENCH LEGAL SYSTEM) Naval Service: 1965 to 1968: Lieutenant, JAGC, USNR (International Law Division, Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, Pentagon, April 1966-November 1968) Honors: Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award, University of Miami Provost’s Award for Scholarly Activity, University of Miami Francis Deak Award, American Society of International Law, for articles in the American Journal of International Law Navy Commendation Medal American Bar Association Award, first in class at Naval Justice School Columbia Law School: J.D. awarded cum laude, best brief, Harlan Fiske Stone Moot Court Competition Columbia College: Pulitzer Scholarship Associations: American Bar Association American Law Institute (2000-present) American Society of International Law (Vice President, 2007-2009; Executive Council 1984-88) Council on Foreign Relations (1999-present) Institut de Droit international (2011-present) Law of the Sea Institute (Executive Board 1983-86, 1991-2002, Chairman, 1993-2002) Personal: Born New York City, December 2, 1941 Page 3 Languages: English; proficient in French; some German and Spanish Books edited: LAW OF THE SEA, U.S. POLICY DILEMMA (1983) (edited with D. Caron and C. Buderi) (authored The Two Conferences, p. 127, and Summary of the Law of the Sea Convention, p. 147) THE 1982 CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (1984) (edited with A. Koers) (authored Customary International Law in the Absence of Widespread Ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, p. 668) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION OF THE OCEANS: THE CHALLENGES OF UNCLOS AND AGENDA 21 (1997) (edited with Mochtar Kusuma-Atmadja and T.A. Mensah) (authored The Role of the International Maritime Organization, p.266) Articles and Papers: The Preparation of Article One of the Convention on the Continental Shelf, 3 J. MARITIME L. & COMM. 245, 445 (1972) L'accord entre le Brésil and les Etats-Unis concernant la pêche à la crevette, 18 ANNUAIRE FRANÇAIS DE DROIT INTERNATIONAL 785 (1972) The Preparations for the Law of the Sea Conference, 68 AM. J. INT’L L. 1 (1974) (with John R. Stevenson) The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea: ___The 1974 Caracas Session, 69 AM. J. INT’L L. 1 (1975) (with John R. Stevenson) ___The 1975 Geneva Session, 69 AM. J. INT’L L. 763 (1975) (with John R. Stevenson) ___The 1976 New York Session, 71 AM. J. INT’L L. 247 (1977) ___The 1977 New York Session, 72 AM. J. INT’L L. 57 (1978) ___The Seventh Session (1978), 73 AM. J. INT’L L. 1 (1979) ___The Eighth Session (1979), 74 AM. J. INT’L L. 1 (1980) ___The Ninth Session (1980), 75 AM. J. INT’L L. 211 (1981) ___The Tenth Session (1981), 76 AM. J. INT’L L. 1 (1982) Issues to be Resolved at the Second Session of the Third U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea, 14 COLUM. J. TRANS. L. 87 (1975) (with Mary Beth West) Institutional Arrangements and the Law of the Sea, 10 LAW. AM. 687 (1978) The Antarctic Regime: An Introduction, 33 U. MIAMI L. REV. 285 (1978) La législation américaine sur les ressources minérales solides des fonds océaniques, 26 ANNUAIRE FRANÇAIS DE DROIT INTERNATIONAL 700 (1980) Page 4 The Law of the Sea Conference and Development: Food and Energy Resources, 18 LAW. AM. 157 (1981) Sources of International Human Rights Law and Some Applications, 17 U. SAN FRANCISCO L. REV. 17 (transcript) (1982) (with Frank Newman et al) On Evaluating the Draft Convention on the Law of the Sea, 19 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 453 (1982) An Analysis of the Exclusive Economic Zone, in LAW OF THE SEA: STATE PRACTICE IN ZONES OF SPECIAL JURISDICTION, p. 57 (T.A. Clingan, Jr., ed.) (1982) Le régime des navires de guerre dans le cadre de la Convention des Nations Unis sur le droit de la mer, 28 ANNUAIRE FRANÇAIS DE DROIT INTERNATIONAL 811 (1982); The Regime of Warships Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 24 VA. J. INT'L L. 809 (1984) The Future of Exploitation of the Resources of the Deep Seabed and Subsoil, 46 LAW AND CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS 71 (transcript) (1983) (with J. Bailey and M. Dubs) The New Law of the Sea, 69 J. AM .BAR ASSOC. 156 (1983) Some Reflections on Relying on Customary International Law and Ad Hoc Agreements Among Limited Participants, in THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES ON THE NEW NATURAL RESOURCES, p. 65 (R.-J. Dupuy, ed., Hague Academy of International Law colloquium) (1983) Where is the U.S. Now and How Did We Get There?, in THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT THE LAW OF THE SEA TREATY: OPPORTUNITIES AND COSTS, p. 23 (L. Juda, ed.) (1983) The Choice Between Direct Discovery and Other Means of Obtaining Evidence Abroad: The Impact of the Hague Evidence Convention, 37 U. MIAMI L. REV. 733 (1983) The Balance of the Exclusive Economic Zone: Navigation, Pollution, and Compulsory Dispute Settlement, in EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE PAPERS, p. 116 (Oceans '84, M. Champ, ed.) (1984) Partage des Mers: L'Occident Divisé, 5 GÉOPOLITIQUE 57 (1984) From Cooperation to Conflict, The Soviet Union and the United States at the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (1984) (endowed lecture: monograph published by the University of Washington) Customary International Law and the Exclusive Economic Zone, in CONSENSUS AND CONFRONTATION: THE UNITED STATES AND THE LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION, p. 138 (J. Van Dyke, ed.) (1985) Page 5 La troisième conférence des Nations Unies sur le Droit de la Mer, chapter 4 of TRAITE DU NOUVEAU DROIT DE LA MER (R.-J. Dupuy & D. Vignes, eds.) (1985); The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, chapter 4 of HANDBOOK ON THE NEW LAW OF THE SEA (R.-J. Dupuy and D. Vignes, eds.) (1991) Antarctica and the New Law of the Sea, 19 CORNELL J. INT'L L. 211 (1986) Compulsory Arbitration: A Substantive Element of the Law of the Sea, 10 CENTER FOR OCEANS LAW AND POLICY, PROCEEDINGS 239 (1986) Jurisdiction and the Power to Indicate Provisional Measures, in THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE AT A CROSSROADS (L.F. Damrosch, ed.) (1987) The Antarctic Treaty System and Global Interests in the Antarctic, 11 CENTER FOR OCEANS LAW AND POLICY, PROCEEDINGS 144 (1987) Marine Archeology and the International Law of the Sea, 12 COLUMBIA-VLA JOURNAL OF LAW AND THE ARTS 363 (1988) Dispute Settlement With and Among Non-Parties to the Law of the Sea Convention, in THE LAW OF THE SEA: WHAT LIES AHEAD? (T.A. Clingan, Jr., ed.) (1988) The High Seas and the International Seabed Area, 10 MICH. J. INT'L LAW 526 (1989) (Bishop memorial issue) Evaluating the Antarctic Minerals Convention: The Decision-Making System, 21 U. MIAMI INTER-AMERICAN L. REV. 17 (1989) The 1982 Convention and Customary International Law, 13 CENTER FOR OCEANS LAW AND POLICY, PROCEEDINGS 38 (1989) Le droit international, in LA POLITIQUE ETRANGERE AMERICAINE DE 1980 A 1988: L'HERITAGE REAGANIEN (1989) International Law and Naval and Air Operations at Sea, in THE LAW OF NAVAL OPERATIONS (U.S.
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