Full Description
Human activities have taken place in the world's oceans for most of human history. With the oceans being used for trade, being exploited for fisheries and mineral resources extraction, and becoming the focal point for security crises, the legal regime regulating the rights and responsibilities of nations in their use of the world's oceans has long been a crucial part of international law. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea comprehensively defined the parameters of the law of the sea in 1982, and since the Convention was concluded it has seen considerable development. This Oxford Handbook provides a comprehensive and original analysis of its current debates and controversies, both theoretical and practical. Written by thirty nine expert contributors, the Handbook sets out how the law of the sea has developed, and the challenges it is currently facing. It is an invaluable and thought-provoking resource for scholar, students, and practitioners of the law of the sea.
Contents
1: Tullio Treves: Historical Development of the Law of the Sea
2: Robin Churchill: The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
3: Irina Buga: Between Stability and Change in the Law of the Sea Convention: Subsequent Practice, Treaty Modification, and Regime Interaction
4: Coatler G Lathrop: Baselines
5: John E Noyes: The Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone
6: Donald R Rothwell: International Straits
7: Tara Davenport: The Archipelagic Regime
8: Gemma Andreone: The Exclusive Economic Zone
9: Ted L McDorman: The Continental Shelf
10: Douglas Guilfoyle: The High Seas
11: Michael W Lodge: The Deep Seabed
12: Malcolm D Evans: Maritime Boundary Delimitation
13: Erik J Molenaar: Port and Coastal States
14: Richard A Barnes: Flag States
15: Helmut Tuerk: Landlocked and Geographically Disadvantaged States
16: Hans Corell: The United Nations: A Practitioner's Perspective
17: James Harrison: Law of the Sea Convention Institutions
18: Bernard H Oxman: Courts and Tribunals: The ICJ, ITLOS, and Arbitral Tribunals
19: Aldo Chircop: The International Maritime Organization
20: Rosemary Rayfuse: Regional Fisheries Management Organisations
21: Karen N Scott: Integrated Oceans Management: A New Frontier in Marine Environmental Protection
22: Nele Matz-Luck and Johannes Fuchs: Marine Living Resources
23: Elizabeth A Kirk: Science and the International Regulation of Marine Pollution
24: Yoshifumi Tanaka: Navigational Rights and Freedoms
25: Tim Stephens and Donald R Rothwell: Marine Scientific Research
26: Natalie Klein: Maritime Security
27: Irini Papanicolopulu: The Mediterranean Sea
28: Keyuan Zou: The South China Sea
29: Ronán Long: North-East Atlantic and the North Sea
30: David Freestone and Clive Schofield: The Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico
31: Alex G Oude Elferink: The Indian Ocean and the Law of the Sea: A Work in Progress
32: Karen N Scott and David L Vanderzwaag: Polar Oceans and Law of the Sea
33: Robin M Warner: Conserving Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Co-Evolution and Interaction with the Law of the Sea
34: Tim Stephens: Warming Waters and Souring Seas: Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
35: Edward J Goodwin: Threatened Species and Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems
36: Joanna Mossop: Marine Bioprospecting
37: Anna Petrig: Piracy
38: James Kraska: Military Operations
39: Donald R Rothwell, Alex G Oude Elferink, Karen N Scott, and Tim Stephens: Charting the Future for the Law of the Sea
