Public international law: law of the sea

This three-volume Manual on International Maritime Law presents a systematic analysis of the history and contemporary development of international maritime law by leading contributors from across the world.

This three-volume Manual on International Maritime Law presents a systematic analysis of the history and contemporary development of international maritime law by leading contributors from across the world.

Under the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention, States have sovereign rights over the resources of their continental shelf out to 200 nautical miles from the coast.

Under the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention, States have sovereign rights over the resources of their continental shelf out to 200 nautical miles from the coast.

This book examines the implications of geographical change for maritime jurisdiction under the law of the sea.

This book examines the implications of geographical change for maritime jurisdiction under the law of the sea.

Since 2008 increasing pirate activities in Somalia, the Gulf of Aden, and the Indian Ocean have once again drawn the international community's attention to piracy and armed robbery at sea.

Human activities have taken place in the world's oceans and seas for most of human history.

Human activities have taken place in the world's oceans and seas for most of human history.

Since 2008 increasing pirate activities in Somalia, the Gulf of Aden, and the Indian Ocean have once again drawn the international community's attention to piracy and armed robbery at sea.

The oceans cover more than seventy per cent of the surface of the planet and they provide many vital ecosystem services.

The oceans cover more than seventy per cent of the surface of the planet and they provide many vital ecosystem services.

Marine mammal conservation remains a hot-button international environmental issue, but progress towards addressing key conservation and management issues within existing governance structures-most notably the International Whaling Commission-has stalled.

Marine mammal conservation remains a hot-button international environmental issue, but progress towards addressing key conservation and management issues within existing governance structures-most notably the International Whaling Commission-has stalled.

A vibrant exploration of past and present controversies surrounding control of the world's oceans.

A vibrant exploration of past and present controversies surrounding control of the world's oceans.

Maritime piracy's improbable re-emergence following the end of the Cold War was surprising as the image of pirates evokes masted galleons and cutlasses.

Maritime piracy's improbable re-emergence following the end of the Cold War was surprising as the image of pirates evokes masted galleons and cutlasses.

This book examines the impact and implications of Japan's withdrawal from the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), which came into effect in July 2019.

Spanning the last 50 years of fisheries policy in Europe, this book is the parting contribution and career-spanning reflection from one of Europe's most renowned social scientists working in the field of fisheries management and policy.

A critical assessment of how UNCLOS dispute settlement bodies develop the law the sea and factors that explain such development.

Praise for the previous edition: A complete overview of the subject which does not intimidate the reader but rather spurns interest and understanding in the subject.

The law of the sea imposes a long-established duty to rescue persons in distress, which connotes one of the most important tools in safeguarding safety of life at sea.