Full Description
Sun analyses the important and understudied subject of jurisdiction in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) over five groups of activities. It explores whether the basic premises and essential compromises of the EEZ regime established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea still hold true or whether there has been evolution in the regime in terms of accommodating the EEZ regulatory scheme to meet new needs and challenges. Significantly, the analysis of State practice indicates that coastal States have progressively asserted greater authority in defending their rights and jurisdiction in the EEZ, which have been broadly tolerated by the legal regime, and other user States. The stability of the EEZ regime is maintained by two legal doctrines that guide the attribution and exercise of the rights and freedoms of different States. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Contents
1. Introduction; Part I. The Development and Status of the Exclusive Economic Zone: 2. Origins and evolution of the exclusive Economic Zone; 3. The exclusive economic zone in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the sea; Part II. Competing Uses of the EEZ: 4. The impact of Coastal State's Rights on the navigational freedoms; 5. Coastal State rights and the freedom of the laying of submarine cables and pipelines; Part III. Resolving Conflicts Regarding Unattributed Rights and Jurisdiction in the Exclusive Economic Zone: 6. Military activities; 7. Maritime security; 8. Underwater Archaeological and historical objects; 9. General conclusions; Index.
