Vol I: the law of the sea in historical prespective; status of the UN Convention; maritime zones - introduction; internal waters and baselines; the territorial sea; straits used for international navigation; archipelagos; the contiguous zone; the Continental Shelf, the exclusive economic zone and the exclusive fishing zone - the outer limit; the Continental Shelf, the exclusive economic zone and the exclusive fishing zone - delimitation between neighbouring states; the international legal regime of the exclusive economic zone; the international legal regime of the Continental Shelf; the high seas; the protection and preservation of the marine environment; the regime of marine scientific research; the regime of seabed mining. Vol II table of cases; table of statutes and other municipal instruments; table of treaties; United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea, 1982; source sof the international law of the sea; internal waters, territorial sea and contiguous zone; straits used for international navigation; archipelagos; the continetnal Shelf; the exclusive economic zone; the high seas; the protection and preservation of the marine environment; the regime of marine scientific research; the regime of seabed mining; status of Conventions.