Compromis: Case Concerning a Dispute over Deep Ocean Mining Rights (Industria v. Latia)
Topics: Law of the Sea Negotiations; Deep Sea Bed Mining; Jurisdictional Claims over Territorial Sea, Economic Resource Zones, & Continental Shelf; Legality of the Use of Force
Location: Statler-Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC
Date: April 27, 1974
Jessup World Cup Champion
University of Texas (USA)
Team Members: Daniel K. Hedges, John Berkel, Douglas M. Becker
Runner Up
Haile Selassie I University (Ethiopia)
Team Members: Mesfin Dessie, Elias Nour, Musa Hussein Naib
Final Round Judges
Richard R. Baxter – Professor of Law, Harvard Law School)
Dr. Ruth Lapidoth – Associate Professor of International Law, Hebrew Univeristy, Jerusalem; Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)
Brian Fleming, Q.C., – Nova Scotia Bar and Dalhousie University Law School
Problem Author
Dennis M. O’Connor, Naval War College
Jessup Fellow: Judith R. Hall
Administrative Assistant: Sarah R. Nagler
Best Oralist (Championship Round): Daniel K. Hedges, University of Texas (USA)
Best Oralist (International Rounds): Mefsin Dessie, Haile Selassie I University (Ethiopia)
Best Oralist (US Rounds): Dennis Arrow, California Western University
Best Memorial Int’l. Rounds (Alona E. Evans Award): University of Nigeria, Enugu (Nigeria)
Best Memorial (US Rounds): University of Texas
Best Memorial (US Regional Rounds – Rutgers Award): Fordham University
Number of Teams Worldwide: 103
Number of Teams at the International Rounds: 18
Number of Countries: 16
Number of Countries at the International Rounds: 11
