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Informationen zum Autor Robin Churchill is Reader in Law at Cardiff Law SchoolVaughan Lowe is Reader in Law at the University of Cambridge Klappentext This is the third edition of this text, revised and updated to include the conclusion of many treaties, especially in the fields of fisheries and pollution, developments in the practice of individual states and the settlement of several maritime disputes by international tribunals. The 1982 UN convention on the Law of the Seas entered into force, in 1994. It remains unclear whether, and if so when, the UK and the USA might ratify the treaty, but enough states have ratified to make clear that the 1982 Convention is now to be regarded as the basic framework of the international law of the sea.This is the third edition of this text, revised and updated to include the conclusion of many treaties, especially in the fields of fisheries and pollution, developments in the practice of individual states and the settlement of several maritime disputes by international tribunals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of casesTable of conventions1 Introduction2 Baselines3 Internal waters4 The territorial sea5 Straits6 Archipelagos7 The contiguous zone8 The continental shelf9 The exclusive economic zone10 Delimitation of maritime boundaries11 High seas12 The international sea bed area13 Navigation14 Fishing15 The prevention of maritime pollution and protection of the marine environment16 Marine scientific research and the transfer of technology17 Military uses of the sea18 Landlocked and geographically disadvantaged states19 Settlement of disputesAppendix 1: Claims to maritime zonesAppendix 2: Ratifications of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, its implementation agreements and the Geneva Conventions
