[T]he book is an excellent tool for legal practitioners and scholars of international law of the sea wishing to deepen their knowledge of this field. In addition, it has the great advantage of offering in-depth analyses of all provisions of the Convention and its protocols in a single, user-friendly volume.

- Roberto Virzo, University of Sannio, Italian Yearbook of International Law

<i>United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: A Commentary</i> is a reference work for law practitioners, scholars, theorists, that will shed an inspiring light on future legal discussion and instruments still to come. I fully recommend it and congratulate its editor and the publishing houses for embarking in this important and necessary project.

- Elena Conde Pérez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, The Spanish Yearbook of International Law

[T]he Commentary has a well-earned place on the shelf of every oceans law student, scholar, and practitioner.

- Charles H Norchi, Ocean Yearbook

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) entered into force in 1994 and has since been ratified by about 160 states, including all the Member States of the EU and the EU itself. The Convention defines the rights and duties of national states with regard to the use of the seas. UNCLOS consolidates customary international law and various Conventions previously adopted by the international community. This Treaty, the most comprehensive ever concluded, is often referred to as ‘the constitution for the seas’. This Commentary focuses particularly on the interaction between UNCLOS and the European legal order, for example in the field of the prevention or the reduction of environmental pollution and the fair distribution of natural resources.
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In this Commentary a focus is laid on the interaction between the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the European legal order, e.g. in the field of the prevention or the reduction of environmental pollution or the fair distribution of natural resources.
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PART I INTRODUCTION
PART II TERRITORIAL SEA AND CONTIGUOUS ZONE
PART III STRAITS USED FOR INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION
PART IV ARCHIPELAGIC STATES
PART V EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE
PART VI CONTINENTAL SHELF
PART VII HIGH SEAS
PART VIII REGIME OF ISLANDS
PART IX ENCLOSED OR SEMI-ENCLOSED SEAS
PART X RIGHT OF ACCESS OF LAND-LOCKED STATES TO AND FROM THE SEA AND FREEDOM OF TRANSIT
PART XI THE AREA
PART XII PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
PART XIII MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
PART XIV DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF MARINE TECHNOLOGY
PART XV SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
PART XVI GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART XVII FINAL PROVISIONS

ANNEX I HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES
ANNEX II COMMISSION ON THE LIMITS OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF
ANNEX III BASIC CONDITIONS OF PROSPECTING, EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION
ANNEX IV STATUTE OF THE ENTERPRISE
ANNEX V CONCILIATION
ANNEX VI STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE LAW OF THE SEA
ANNEX VII ARBITRATION
ANNEX VIII SPECIAL ARBITRATION
ANNEX IX PARTICIPATION BY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

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Article-by-article commentary of the convention which defines the rights and duties of national states with regard to the use of the seas.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781849461924
Publisert
1899
Utgiver
Vendor
Beck/Hart Publishing
Vekt
2218 gr
Høyde
240 mm
Bredde
169 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Biographical note

Alexander Proelß is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Trier, specialising in the law of the sea. The contributors are renowned experts in the law of the sea in various countries.