The international law of the sea / Yoshifumi Tanaka,

Contents


PART I: THE DIVIDED OCEANS: INTERNATIONAL LAW

GOVERNING JURISDICTIONAL ZONES

1 The law of the sea in perspective
1. Introduction
2. Marine spaces in the law of the sea
3. Sources of the international law of the sea
4. Principles of the international law of the sea
5 The codification of the law of the sea 20
6. Outline of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
7. Development after UNCLOS III
8. Conclusions

2: Maritime Limits: Baselines and Maritime Features
1 Introduction
2 Baselines
3 Islands
4 Low-tide elevations
5 Conclusions

3: Marine spaces under national jurisdiction I: territorial sovereignty
1 Introduction
2 Internal waters
3 Territorial sea
4 International straits
5 Archipelagic waters
6 Conclusions

4: Marine spaces under national jurisdiction II: sovereign rights
1 Introduction
2 Contiguous zone
3 Exclusive economic zone
4 Continental shelf
5 Conclusions

5: Marine spaces beyond national jurisdiction
1 Introduction
2 The high seas
3 The Area
4 Conclusions

6: Maritime delimitation
1 Introduction
2 Concept of maritime delimitation
3 Treaty law concerning maritime delimitation
4 Development of case law relating to maritime delimitation:
two contrasting approaches
5 Consideration of relevant circumstances (1): geographical factors
6 Consideration of relevant circumstances (2): non-geographical factors
7 An evaluation
8 Provisional arrangements
9 Conclusions

PART II OUR COMMON OCEAN: PROTECTION OF COMMUNITY
INTERESTS AT SEA

7: Conservation of marine living resources
1 Introduction
2 Conservation of marine living resources prior to 1982
3 Conservation of marine living resources under the LOSC (1):
the zonal management approach
4 Conservation of marine living resources under the LOSC (2):
the species specific approach
5 Development after the LOSC
6 Institutionalization of the conservation of marine living resources
7 Ensuring compliance through regional fisheries management organisation
8 Conclusions

8: Protection of the marine environment
1 Introduction
2 Typology of marine pollution
3 Legal framework for marine environmental protection prior to 1982
4 Protection of the marine environment in the LOSC
5 Regulation of land-based marine pollution
6 Regulation of vessel-source marine pollution
7 Dumping at sea
8 Regulation of pollution from seabed activities
9 Environmental protection of ice-covered areas
10 The impacts of climate change on the oceans
11 Marine plastic pollution
12 Conclusions

9: Conservation of marine biological diversity
1 Introduction
2 Principal approaches to conservation of marine biological diversity
3 Global legal frameworks for the conservation of marine biological diversity
4 Marine Protected Areas
5 Conclusions

10: Marine scientific research
1 Introduction
2 The concept of marine scientific research
3 Regulation of marine scientific research in the LOSC
4 Legality of military and hydrographic surveys in the EEZ
5 International cooperation in marine scientific research
6 Transfer of technology
7 Conclusions

11 Maintenance of international peace and security at sea
1 Introduction
2 The suppression of piracy
3 Regulation of unlawful offences and weapons of mass destruction at sea
4 Military exercises in the EEZ 394
5 Regulation of nuclear weapons at sea 397
6 Conclusions 399

12 Land-locked and geographically disadvantaged States
1 Introduction
2 Land-locked States and access to the sea
3 The navigational rights of land-locked States
4 Land-locked and geographically disadvantaged States and uses of the oceans
5 Conclusions

13 Peaceful settlement of international disputes
1. Introduction
2. Basic structure of dispute settlement procedures in the LOSC
3 Compulsory procedures for dispute settlement
4 The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (1): Organisation
5 The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (2): Procedure
6 Conclusions

14 Looking ahead: Law of the sea as a Legal Shield
1. Introduction
2. Protection of community interests at sea
3. Key elements in the evolution of the law of the sea
4. Final remarks


Index 592

Includes bibliographical references and index: P 544-557