The Law of the Sea

Part 1 Introduction: scope of the book; early development of the subject; sources of the modern law of the sea; attempts at codification; international organisations; the present legal regime. Part 2 Baselines: the normal baseline; straight baselines; bays; river mouths; harbour works; low-tide evaluations; islands; reefs; charts and publicity; present-day customary international law relating to baselines; validity of baselines. Part 3 Internal waters: definition; legal status; the right of access to ports and other internal waters; jurisdiction in internal waters. Part 4 The territorial sea: development of the concept; legal status of the bed, subsoil, and superjacent air space of the territorial sea; the breadth of the territorial sea; the right of innocent passage; the right to deny and suspend passage; rights and duties of the coastal state. Part 5 Straits: definition; the regime under customary law and the territorial sea convention; the regime under the Law of the Sea Convention; the LOSC regime and customary law; special regimes. Part 6 Archipelagos: development of a special regime for archipelagos; definition of an archipelago and an archipelagic state; archipelagic baselines; archipelagic waters; customary international law; conclusions. Part 7 The contiguous zone: development of the concept; breadth of the contiguous zone; legal status of the contiguous zone. Part 8 The continental shelf: the legal status of the continental shelf; the seaward limit of the continental shelf; the continental shelves of islands; the rights and duties of the coastal state; non-independent territories. Part 9 The exclusive economic zone: evolution of the EEZ; delimitation of the EEZ; the legal status of the EEZ; the rights and duties of the coastal state in the EEZ; the rights and duties of other states in the EEZ; relationship between the rights of the coastal state and the rights of other states; the attribution of other rights in the EEZ; significance of the EEZ. Part contents.