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1974 Jessup Competition

Case Concerning a Dispute Over Deep Ocean Mining Rights

Statler-Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Jessup World Cup Champion: University of Texas (USA)

Runner-Up: Haile Sellassie I University (Ethiopia)

Final Round Judges:
Richard R. Baxter, Harvard Law School
Brian Fleming, Q.C., Dalhousie University
Dr. Ruth Lapidoth, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Problem Author: Dennis M. O'Connor

Jessup Fellow: Judith R. Hall

Administrative Assistant: Sarah R. Nagler


Best Oralist (Championship Round): Daniel K. Hedges, University of Texas

Best Oralist (Intl Rounds): Mefsin Dessie, Haile Sellassie I University

Best Oralist (US Rounds): Dennis Arrow, California Western University

Best Memorial (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 International Rounds: 18

Number of Countries: 16

Number of Countries at International Rounds: 11