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- Half-title page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Table of Cases
- Table of Treaties and Instruments
- United Nations General Assembly Resolutions
- United Nations Security Council Resolutions
- National Law
- Australia
- Canada
- India
- Iran
- Malta
- New Zealand
- Russian Federation
- United Kingdom
- United Republic of Tanzania
- United States
- List of Abbreviations
- Part I The Divided Oceans: International Law Governing Jurisdictional Zones
- 1 The Law of the Sea in Perspective
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 General Considerations
- 1.2 Functions of the Law of the Sea
- 1.3 Two Paradigms in the Law of the Sea
- (a) Paradigm I: The Law of the Divided Oceans
- (b) Paradigm II: The Law of Our Common Ocean
- (c) Changing Paradigms in the Law of the Sea
- 2 Marine Spaces in the Law of the Sea
- 2.1 Scope of the Oceans in the Law of the Sea
- 2.2 Typology of Marine Spaces
- 3 Sources of the International Law of the Sea
- 3.1 Formal Sources
- (a) Customary Law
- (b) Treaties
- (c) General Principles of Law
- 3.2 Material Sources
- (a) Judicial Decisions and the Writings of Publicists
- (b) Non-Binding Instruments
- (c) Unilateral Acts
- (d) Considerations of Humanity
- 4 Principles of the International Law of the Sea
- 4.1 Principle of Freedom
- 4.2 Principle of Sovereignty
- 4.3 Principle of the Common Heritage of Mankind
- 5 The Codifi cation of the Law of the Sea
- 5.1 The Hague Conference for the Codifi cation of International Law (1930)
- 5.2 The First UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (1958)
- 5.3 The Second UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (1960)
- 5.4 The Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (1973–1982)
- (a) General Considerations
- (b) Features of UNCLOS III
- (c) Procedures of UNCLOS III
- (d) Adoption of the LOSC
- 6 Outline of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
- 6.1 General Considerations
- 6.2 Principal Features of the Convention
- 7 Development after UNCLOS III
- 7.1 General Considerations
- 7.2 Adoption of Two Implementation Agreements
- 7.3 De facto Amendment of the LOSC through Meetings of States Parties
- 7.4 Development of the Law of the Sea through International Organisations
- 8 Conclusions
- Further Reading
- 1 General
- 2 Commentary on the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
- 3 Anthologies/Collections of Articles
- 4 Codification of the Law of the Sea
- 5 Collections of Documents
- 6 Development of the Law of the Sea
- 7 Journals on the Law of the Sea
- 8 Websites
- 2 Maritime Limits: Baselines and Maritime Features
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Baselines
- 2.1 Normal Baselines
- 2.2 Straight Baselines
- (a) Definition of Straight Baselines
- (b) The Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries Case (1951)
- (c) Article 7(1) of the LOSC
- (d) Article 7(3) and (5) of the LOSC
- (e) Other Conditions
- (f) Evaluation
- 2.3 Bays
- (a) Juridical Bays
- (b) Historic Bays
- (c) Bays Bordered by More Than One State
- 2.4 River Mouths
- 2.5 Ports
- 3 Islands
- 3.1 Nature of the Problem
- 3.2 Definition of an Island
- 3.3 Rocks for the Purposes of Article 121(3)
- (a) General Considerations
- (b) Interpretation of Article 121(3) of the LOSC
- (c) Commentary
- 3.4 Customary Law Nature of Article 121
- 3.5 Reefs
- 4 Low-Tide Elevations
- 4.1 Identification of Low-Tide Elevations
- 4.2 Case Law Concerning Low-Tide Elevations
- 5 Conclusions
- Further Reading
- 1 General
- 2 Baselines
- 3 Bays
- 4 Islands
- 5 Low-Tide Elevations
- 6 Websites
- 3 Marine Spaces Under National Jurisdiction I: Territorial Sovereignty
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Internal Waters
- 2.1 Spatial Scope of Internal Waters
- 2.2 Legal Status of Internal Waters
- 2.3 Jurisdiction of the Coastal State over Foreign Vessels in Internal Waters
- 2.4 Access to Ports
- 2.5 Ships in Distress at Sea
- (a) Concept of Ships in Distress
- (b) The Rights of Ships in Distress
- 2.6 Port in a Pandemic
- 3 Territorial Sea
- 3.1 Legal Status of the Territorial Sea
- 3.2 The Right of Innocent Passage
- 3.3 The Right of Innocent Passage of Warships
- (a) Customary Law
- (b) Treaty law
- (c) State Practice
- (d) The Right to Render Assistance to Persons in Distress
- 3.4 The Right of Innocent Passage of Foreign Nuclear-Powered Ships and Ships Carrying Inherently Dan
- 3.5 The Rights and Obligations of the Coastal State Concerning Innocent Passage
- (a) The Rights of the Coastal State
- (b) The Obligations of the Coastal State
- 4 International Straits
- 4.1 Legal Framework for International Straits Prior to 1982
- 4.2 Typology of International Straits under the LOSC
- 4.3 International Straits under Part III of the LOSC
- 4.4 International Straits outside the Scope of Part III of the LOSC
- 4.5 The Right of Transit Passage
- 4.6 Rights and Obligations of Coastal States Bordering Straits
- 4.7 Non-suspendable Innocent Passage
- 4.8 Legality of Creation of Bridges in International Straits
- 5 Archipelagic Waters
- 5.1 General Considerations
- 5.2 Definition of an Archipelago, Archipelagic States and Archipelagic Waters
- 5.3 Archipelagic Baselines
- 5.4 Jurisdiction of Archipelagic States over Archipelagic Waters
- 5.5 The Right of Innocent Passage through Archipelagic Waters
- 5.6 The Right of Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage
- 5.7 Rights and Obligations of an Archipelagic State
- 6 Conclusions
- Further Reading
- 1 Internal Waters
- 2 Territorial Sea
- 3 International Straits
- 4 Archipelagic Waters
- 5. Pandemic in a Port
- 6 Website
- 4 Marine Spaces under National Jurisdiction II: Sovereign Rights
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Contiguous Zone
- 2.1 The Concept of the Contiguous Zone
- 2.2 Coastal State Jurisdiction over the Contiguous Zone
- 3 Exclusive Economic Zone
- 3.1 Genesis of the Concept of the EEZ
- 3.2 Legal Status of the EEZ
- 3.3 Sovereign Rights over the EEZ
- 3.4 Jurisdiction of Coastal States over the EEZ
- (a) Jurisdiction over Artificial Islands
- (b) Jurisdiction Concerning Marine Scientific Research
- (c) Jurisdiction Concerning the Protection of the Marine Environment
- (d) Due Regard Obligations
- (e) Legality of Bunkering in the EEZ of Third States
- 3.5 Freedoms of Third States
- 3.6 Residual Rights
- 3.7 Historic Rights and the EEZ
- 4 Continental Shelf
- 4.1 Genesis of the Concept of the Continental Shelf
- 4.2 Spatial Scope of the Continental Shelf
- 4.3 Criteria for Determining the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf beyond Nautical Miles
- 4.4 The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
- 4.5 Procedures to Establish the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf
- 4.6 Payments Concerning the Exploitation of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles
- 4.7 The Sovereign Rights of the Coastal State over the Continental Shelf
- 4.8 Submarine Cables and Pipelines
- (a) Rights and Obligations of Laying Submarine Cables and Pipelines
- (b) Protection of Submarine Cables
- 4.9 The Judicial Nature of the Superjacent Waters above the Continental Shelf
- 4.10 Protection of Archaeological and Historical Objects Found within the Continental Shelf
- (a) Limitations with the LOSC
- (b) The 2001 Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage
- (c) The Relationship between the LOSC and the UNESCO Convention
- 5 Conclusions
- Further Reading
- 1 Contiguous Zone
- 2 Exclusive Economic Zone
- 3 Continental Shelf
- 4 Website
- 5 Marine Spaces beyond National Jurisdiction
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The High Seas
- 2.1 Spatial Scope of the High Seas
- 2.2 Principle of the Freedom of the High Seas
- 2.3 Principle of the Exclusive Jurisdiction of the Flag State
- (a) General Considerations
- (b) The Obligations of the Flag State
- (c) Collision of Vessels on the High Seas
- (d) Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships
- 2.4 The Nationality of a Ship
- 2.5 Genuine Link
- (a) Problems Associated with Flags of Convenience
- (b) Legal Consequences of the Absence of a Genuine Link
- 2.6 Exceptions to the Exclusive Jurisdiction of the Flag State (1): The Right of Visit
- (a) General Considerations
- (b) Piracy
- (c) Slave Trade
- (d) Unauthorised Broadcasting
- (e) Ship without Nationality
- (f) Ships with Suspicious Nationality
- 2.7 Exceptions to the Exclusive Jurisdiction of the Flag State (2): The Right of Hot Pursuit
- (a) Conditions for Exercising the Right of Hot Pursuit
- (b) Multilateral Hot Pursuit
- (c) The Doctrine of Constructive Presence
- (d) The Use of Force
- 2.8 Exceptional Measures for Interception of Foreign Vessels on the High Seas
- (a) The Regulation of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs or Psychotropic Substances
- (b) Self-defence on the High Seas
- 2.9 Regulation of Migrant Smuggling by Sea
- (a) The 2000 Migrant Smuggling Protocol
- (b) Lawfulness of Pushback Operations against Migrants
- 3 The Area
- 3.1 General Considerations
- 3.2 Spatial Scope of the Area
- 3.3 Raison d’être of the Principle of the Common Heritage of Mankind
- 3.4 Elements of the Principle of the Common Heritage of Mankind
- 3.5 International Seabed Authority
- (a) Scope of Activities in the Area
- (b) Structure of the International Seabed Authority
- (c) Jurisdiction of the International Seabed Authority
- 3.6 System for the Exploration and Exploitation of Resources of the Area
- 3.7 Obligations and Liability of Sponsoring States
- 3.8 The 1994 Implementation Agreement
- (a) General Considerations
- (b) Cost-effectiveness
- (c) The Market-orientated Approaches
- (d) Decision-making
- (e) Review Conference
- (f) Evaluation
- 4 Conclusions
- Further Reading
- 1 The High Seas
- 2 The Area
- 3 Migrant Smuggling by Sea
- 4 Websites
- (f) Evaluation
- 6 Maritime Delimitation
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Concepts of Maritime Delimitation
- 2.1 Definition
- 2.2 Typology of Maritime Delimitation
- 3 Treaty Law Concerning Maritime Delimitation
- 3.1 The 1958 Geneva Conventions
- 3.2 The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
- 4 Development of Case Law Relating to Maritime Delimitation: Two Contrasting Approaches
- 4.1 The First Phase (1969–1992)
- 4.2 The Second Phase (1993–2007)
- 4.3 The Third Phase (2009–Present)
- 4.4 Commentary
- 5 Consideration of Relevant Circumstances (1): Geographical Factors
- 5.1 Configuration of Coasts
- 5.2 Proportionality
- 5.3 Baselines
- 5.4 Presence of Islands
- 5.5 Geological and Geomorphological Factors
- 5.6 Presence of Third States
- 6 Consideration of Relevant Circumstances (2): Non-geographical Factors
- 6.1 Economic Factors
- 6.2 Conduct of the Parties
- 6.3 Historic Title and Historic Rights
- 6.4 Security Interests
- 6.5 Navigational Factors
- 6.6 Environmental Factors
- 7 An Evaluation
- 7.1 General Trend of Case Law
- 7.2 Judicial Creativity in the Law of Maritime Delimitation
- 7.3 Delimitation of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles
- (a) Entitlements
- (b) The Relationship between the CLCS and an International Court or Tribunal
- (c) Methodology
- 8 Provisional Arrangements
- 8.1 Articles 74(3) and 83(3) of the LOSC
- 8.2 Unilateral Exploration and Exploitation of Natural Resources in Disputed Areas
- 9 Conclusions
- Further Reading
- 1 Monographs
- 2 Collection of Documents
- 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
- 3.1 General Considerations
- 3.2 Conservation of Marine Living Resources in the EEZ
- 3.3 Conservation of Marine Living Resources in the High Seas
- 3.4 Limits of the Zonal Management Approach
- 4 Conservation of Marine Living Resources under the LOSC (2): The Species-Specific Approach
- 4.1 Shared and Straddling Fish Stocks
- 4.2 Highly Migratory Species
- 4.3 Marine Mammals
- (a) General Considerations
- (b) Whaling
- (c) The Legality of Scientific Whaling
- 4.4 Anadromous Stocks
- 4.5 Catadromous Species
- 4.6 Limits of the Species-Specific Approach
- 5 Development after the LOSC
- 5.1 The Concept of Sustainable Development
- 5.2 The Ecosystem Approach
- 5.3 The Precautionary Approach
- (a) Development of the Precautionary Approach
- (b) Limitations of the Precautionary Approach
- (c) Normative Strength of the Precautionary Approach
- 6 Institutionalisation of the Conservation of Marine Living Resources
- 6.1 Decentralised Approach: Flag State Responsibility and Its Limits
- (a) IUU Fishing and Obligations of the Flag State
- (b) Limits of the Flag State Responsibility
- 6.2 Institutional Approach: Regional Fisheries Management Organisations
- (a) General Considerations
- (b) Assessment of Fish Stocks
- (c) Conservation and Management
- (d) Allocation of TAC
- (e) Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS)
- 7 Ensuring Compliance through Regional Fisheries Management Organisations
- 7.1 At-Sea Inspection
- (a) At-Sea Inspection of the Contracting Party Vessels
- (b) At-Sea Inspection of Non-Contracting Party Vessels
- 7.2 Port Inspection
- (a) Port Inspection of Contracting Party Vessels
- (b) Port Inspection of Non-Contracting Party Vessels
- 8 Conclusions
- Further Reading
- 1 Monographs
- 2 Websites
- 8 Protection of the Marine Environment
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Typology of Marine Pollution
- 2.1 General Considerations
- 2.2 Land-based Marine Pollution
- 2.3 Vessel-Source Marine Pollution
- 2.4 Dumping at Sea
- 2.5 Pollution from Seabed Activities
- 3 Legal Framework for Marine Environmental Protection Prior to 1982
- 3.1 Customary Law
- 3.2 Treaty Law
- 4 Protection of the Marine Environment in the LOSC
- 4.1 Generality and Comprehensiveness
- (a) Generality of the Legal Framework for Marine Environmental Protection
- (b) Comprehensiveness of the Legal Framework for Marine Environmental Protection
- 4.2 Uniformity of Rules
- 4.3 Obligation to Cooperate in the Protection of the Marine Environment
- 5 Regulation of Land-based Marine Pollution
- 5.1 Limits of the Global Legal Framework
- 5.2 Development of Regional Treaties
- (a) Identification of Harmful Substances
- (b) Precautionary Approach
- (c) Environmental Impact Assessment and Monitoring
- (d) Compliance Procedures
- (e) Access to Information and Public Participation
- (f) Evaluation
- 6 Regulation of Vessel-Source Marine Pollution
- 6.1 MARPOL
- 6.2 A Triple Approach under the LOSC
- (a) Regulation by Flag States
- (b) Regulation by Coastal States
- (c) Regulation by Port States
- (d) Port State Control
- 6.3 Intervention by Coastal States in the Case of Pollution Casualties
- 6.4 Pollution Emergencies at Sea
- 6.5 Liability for Oil Pollution Damage
- (a) Liability and Compensation Regime
- (b) Bunker Oil Convention
- 6.6 Liability for Other Pollution Damage
- (a) The 1996 HNS Convention
- (b) Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
- 6.7 Prevention of Invasive Alien Species
- 6.8 Regulation of Ocean Noise
- 7 Dumping at Sea
- 7.1 Legal Framework under the LOSC
- 7.2 The 1972 London Dumping Convention and the 1996 Protocol
- 7.3 Regional Treaties
- 7.4 Ocean Sequestration and Fertilisation
- (a) Ocean Sequestration of CO[sup(2)]
- (b) Ocean Fertilisation
- 8 Regulation of Pollution from Seabed Activities
- 8.1 Marine Pollution Arising from Seabed Activities under National Jurisdiction
- 8.2 Marine Pollution Arising from Seabed Activities in the Area
- 9 Environmental Protection of Ice-covered Areas
- 9.1 Ice-covered Areas: Article 234
- 9.2 Environmental Protection of the Marine Arctic
- (a) General Considerations
- (b) Land-based Marine Pollution
- (c) Vessel-Source Marine Pollution
- (d) Marine Pollution from Seabed Activities under National Jurisdiction
- (e) Transboundary Air Pollution
- (f) Commentary
- 10 The Impacts of Climate Change on the Oceans]
- 10.1 The Reduction of GHG Emissions from Shipping
- (a) Amendments to the MARPOL Annex VI in 2011
- (b) Subsequent Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI
- 10.2 Ocean Acidification
- (a) General Considerations
- (b) Climate Change Regime
- (c) Marine Environmental Protection Regime
- (d) Biological Diversity Regime
- (e) Evaluation
- 11 Marine Plastic Pollution
- 11.1 Nature of the Problem
- 11.2 Sources of Marine Plastic Pollution
- (a) Land-Based Marine Plastic Pollution
- (b) Ocean-Based Marine Plastic Pollution
- 12 Conclusions
- Further Reading
- 1 General
- 2 Land-Based Marine Pollution
- 3 Vessel-Source Marine Pollution
- 4 Dumping
- 5 Pollution from Seabed Activities
- 6 Liability and Compensation
- 7 Arctic
- 8 The Impacts of Climate Change on the Oceans
- 9 Marine Plastic Pollution
- 10 Websites
- 9 Conservation of Marine Biological Diversity
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Principal Approaches to Conservation of Marine Biological Diversity
- 2.1 General Considerations
- 2.2 Three Approaches
- 3 Global Legal Frameworks for the Conservation of Marine Biological Diversity
- 3.1 The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
- (a) Obligation to Protect and Preserve Rare or Fragile Ecosystems
- (b) Protection of Marine Biological Diversity in Maritime Jurisdictional Zones
- 3.2 The 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity
- (a) Outline of the Rio Convention
- (b) Commentary
- 3.3 Negotiations for a New Agreement
- (a) Background
- (b) Commentary
- 4 Marine Protected Areas
- 4.1 General Considerations
- 4.2 Typology of MPAs in International Law
- 4.3 MPAs in the High Seas
- (a) MPAs on the High Seas in a Broad Sense
- (b) MPAs on the High Seas in a Strict Sense
- 4.4 Limits of MPAs
- 5 Conclusions
- Further Reading
- 1 Marine Biological Diversity
- 2 Marine Protected Areas
- 3 Website
- 10 Marine Scientific Research
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Concept of Marine Scientific Research
- 3 Regulation of Marine Scientific Research in the LOSC
- 3.1 General Considerations
- 3.2 Marine Scientific Research in Marine Spaces under National Jurisdiction
- 3.3 Marine Scientific Research in Marine Spaces beyond National Jurisdiction
- 3.4 Regulation of Scientific Research Installations
- 4 Legality of Military and Hydrographic Surveys in the EEZ
- 5 International Cooperation in Marine Scientific Research
- 6 Transfer of Technology
- 6.1 Transfer of Technology under the LOSC
- 6.2 IOC Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology
- 7 Conclusions
- Further Reading
- 1 General
- 2 Special Issues
- 3 Websites
- 11 Maintenance of International Peace and Security at Sea
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Suppression of Piracy
- 2.1 Definition of Piracy
- 2.2 Seizure of Pirates
- (a) Universal Jurisdiction
- (b) Issues of the Prosecution of Piracy Suspects
- (c) International Cooperation in the Repression of Piracy
- 2.3 The Role of the UN Security Council in Counter-piracy Operations
- 2.4 The Use of Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel
- 3 Regulation of Unlawful Offences and Weapons of Mass Destruction at Sea
- 3.1 The 2005 SUA Convention
- (a) The Geographical Scope
- (b) The Definition of a Ship
- (c) Offences
- (d) Ship-boarding Procedure
- (e) Jurisdiction
- 3.2 Proliferation Security Initiative
- 3.3 UN Interceptions at Sea
- 4 Foreign Military Activities in the EEZ
- 5 Regulation of Nuclear Weapons at Sea
- 6 Conclusions
- Further Reading
- 1 General
- 2 Piracy
- 3 The 2005 SUA Convention
- 4 Website
- 12 Landlocked and Geographically Disadvantaged States
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Landlocked States and Access to the Sea
- 2.1 Legal Regime Prior to the LOSC
- 2.2 Legal Regime of the LOSC
- 3 The Navigational Rights of Landlocked States
- 4 Landlocked and Geographically Disadvantaged States and Uses of the Oceans
- 4.1 Fishing Rights
- 4.2 Exploitation of Non-living Resources in the Oceans
- 4.3 Marine Scientific Research
- 5 Conclusions
- Further Reading
- 13 Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Basic Structure of Dispute Settlement Procedures in the LOSC
- 2.1 General Considerations
- (a) Scope of the Dispute Settlement Procedures of the LOSC
- (b) Cardinal Principles of Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes
- 2.2 The Interlink between Voluntary and Compulsory Procedures for Dispute Settlement
- (a) Obligation to Exchange Views (Article 283)
- (b) Non-existence of a Special Agreement Precluding the Compulsory Procedure of the LOSC (Article 28
- (c) Non-existence of an Agreed Procedure That Entails a Binding Decision (Article 282)
- 2.3 Voluntary Conciliation
- 3 Compulsory Procedures for Dispute Settlement
- 3.1 Multiplicity of Forums
- 3.2 Limitations to the Compulsory Procedures
- 3.3 Optional Exceptions to the Compulsory Procedures
- (a) General Considerations
- (b) Interpretation of Article 298(1)
- 3.4 The Role of the Compulsory Conciliation
- 4 The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (1): Organisation
- 4.1 Members of ITLOS
- 4.2 The Seabed Disputes Chamber
- 4.3 Special Chambers
- 5 The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (2): Procedure
- 5.1 Jurisdiction of ITLOS
- (a) Jurisdiction Ratione Materiae
- (b) Jurisdiction Ratione Personae
- 5.2 Applicable Law
- 5.3 Proceedings before ITLOS
- 5.4 Provisional Measures
- (a) General Considerations
- (b) Requirements to Prescribe Provisional Measures
- 5.5 Preliminary Objections
- 5.6 Counter-claims
- 5.7 Intervention
- 5.8 Judgment
- 5.9 Advisory Proceedings
- (a) The Advisory Jurisdiction of the Seabed Disputes Chamber
- (b) The Advisory Jurisdiction of the ITLOS Full Court
- 5.10 Prompt Release Procedure
- (a) General Considerations
- (b) Substantive Requirements
- (c) Procedural Requirements
- (d) Reasonable Bond
- 5.11 ITLOS and Fragmentation of International Law
- 6 Conclusions
- Further Reading
- 1 General
- 2 ITLOS
- 3 Provisional
- 4 Prompt Release
- 5 Advisory Opinion
- 6 Websites
- 14 Looking Ahead: Law of the Sea as a Legal Shield
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Protection of Community Interests at Sea
- 2.1 Model I: The Decentralised–Relational Model
- 2.2 Model II: The Institutional–Communitarian Model
- 2.3 Model III: The Judicial Model
- 3 Key Elements in the Evolution of the Law of the Sea
- 3.1 Systemic Outlook
- 3.2 Temporal Elements in the Law of the Sea
- 4 Final Remarks
- Further Reading
- Index




