Routledge Research on the Law of the Sea
The Law of the Sea and the Planetary Crisis
1st Edition
Edited
By Nengye Liu, Shirley V. Scott
March 07, 2025
This book examines the challenge of negotiating and implementing new legal regimes addressing contemporary ocean challenges in the context of uncertain planetary futures. The book covers the themes of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Contributors examine a range of emerging, ...
40 Years of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Assessment and Prospects
1st Edition
Edited
By Tomasz Kamiński, Karol Karski
January 15, 2025
This book discusses contemporary challenges within the law of the sea, a domain of international law extensively codified in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Given the considerable time elapsed since the convention’s adoption and nearly three decades of its implementation, the book ...
State Ocean Jurisdiction
1st Edition
By Patrick Vrancken
December 19, 2024
Proposing a systematic analytical framework which assists in understanding and applying the international law regime governing State ocean jurisdiction with a view to improved ocean governance for sustainable development, this book distinguishes between, and focuses on, the form, the ground, the ...
The Law of the Sea and Maritime Boundary Disputes in Areas of Hydrocarbon Potential: A Review of Global Hot Spots
1st Edition
By Vivek Chandra
December 18, 2024
The United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea (‘UNCLOS’) is hailed as one of the most significant multilateral legal agreements executed in the past few decades. However, its shortcomings are neither trivial nor inconsequential, especially regarding maritime boundary disputes involving ...
Peaceful Management of Maritime Disputes
1st Edition
Edited
By James Kraska, Heecheol Yang
November 29, 2024
International law concerning maritime boundary dispute resolution reflects normative aspirations for peacefully managing some of the most intractable challenges in foreign affairs. Focusing on key international law issues relating to maritime boundary disputes, this book explores how international ...
Law of the Sea and Maritime Delimitation: State Practice and Case Law in Latin America and the Caribbean
1st Edition
By Angel Horna
August 26, 2024
The law of maritime delimitation has been shaped by the interpretation of certain provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which has led to State practice being neglected in current scholarship. This book presents an overview of the under-examined question of the impact of...
Maritime Salvage Operations and Environmental Protection
1st Edition
By Durand Cupido
August 26, 2024
This book questions the use of salvage law as legal regulatory framework for the remuneration of environmental services in salvage operations, proposing that such services should be based on direct contracting between commercial salvors and coastal States. Adopting an environment-first approach, it...
Global Governance and the International Law of the Sea: The Evolution and Practice of the Continental Shelf Regime
1st Edition
By Shani Friedman
July 12, 2024
This book conducts an examination of the international legal regime of the continental shelf through the lens of international relations (IR), with a primary focus on global governance theory. Presenting a new perspective within the field of IR and international law, the book offers new insights ...
The Law of the Sea: Normative Context and Interactions with other Legal Regimes
1st Edition
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By Nele Matz-Lück, Øystein Jensen, Elise Johansen
May 27, 2024
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea follows a comprehensive approach and can be interpreted dynamically to include the regulation of all potential human uses of the ocean, but the law of the sea cannot be viewed in isolation from other fields of international law. International law ...
Due Diligence and the High Seas
1st Edition
By Tony Cabus
January 29, 2024
There has been a rapid growth of interest in due diligence, especially in the fields of environmental law and the law of the sea. Yet, confusion seems to surround this notion. Is due diligence a principle, a rule, a standard or something else? This book firstly explores thoroughly the concept of ...
Freedom of Navigation and the Law of the Sea: Warships, States and the Use of Force
1st Edition
By Cameron Moore
January 09, 2023
There has been a recent increase in clashes between warships asserting rights to navigate and states asserting sovereignty over coastal waters. This book argues for a set of rules which respect the rights of coastal states to protect their sovereignty and of warships to navigate lawfully, whilst ...
Maritime Claims and Boundary Delimitation: Tensions and Trends in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
1st Edition
By Nicholas A. Ioannides
January 09, 2023
This book delves into the major developments triggered by the hydrocarbon discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean over the last twenty years, focusing on maritime boundary delimitation. Examining the impact that the hydrocarbon discoveries have had on the application of the law of the sea rules by...