Table of Contents

1: Tullio Treves: Historical Development of the Law of the Sea
2: Robin Churchill: The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
3: Irina Buga: Between Stability and Change in the Law of the Sea Convention: Subsequent Practice, Treaty Modification, and Regime Interaction
4: Coatler G Lathrop: Baselines
5: John E Noyes: The Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone
6: Donald R. Rothwell: International Straits
7: Tara Davenport: The Archipelagic Regime
8: Gemma Andreone: The Exclusive Economic Zone
9: Ted L. McDorman: The Continental Shelf
10: Douglas Guilfoyle: The High Seas
11: Michael W Lodge: The Deep Seabed
12: Malcolm D Evans: Maritime Boundary Delimitation
13: Erik J. Molenaar: Port and Coastal States
14: Richard A Barnes: Flag States
15: Helmut Tuerk: Landlocked and Geographically Disadvantaged States
16: Hans Corell: The United Nations: A Practitioner's Perspective
17: James Harrison: Law of the Sea Convention Institutions
18: Bernard H. Oxman: Courts and Tribunals: The ICJ, ITLOS, and Arbitral Tribunals
19: Aldo Chircop: The International Maritime Organization
20: Rosemary Rayfuse: Regional Fisheries Management Organisations
21: Karen N Scott: Integrated Oceans Management: A New Frontier in Marine Environmental Protection
22: Nele Matz-Luck and Johannes Fuchs: Marine Living Resources
23: Elizabeth A Kirk: Science and the International Regulation of Marine Pollution
24: Yoshifumi Tanaka: Navigational Rights and Freedoms
25: Tim Stephens and Donald R Rothwell: Marine Scientific Research
26: Natalie Klein: Maritime Security
27: Irini Papanicolopulu: The Mediterranean Sea
28: Keyuan Zou: The South China Sea
29: Ronán Long: North-East Atlantic and the North Sea
30: David Freestone and Clive Schofield: The Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico
31: Alex G Oude Elferink: The Indian Ocean and the Law of the Sea: A Work in Progress
32: Karen N Scott and David L Vanderzwaag: Polar Oceans and Law of the Sea
33: Robin M Warner: Conserving Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Co-Evolution and Interaction with the Law of the Sea
34: Tim Stephens: Warming Waters and Souring Seas: Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
35: Edward J Goodwin: Threatened Species and Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems
36: Joanna Mossop: Marine Bioprospecting
37: Anna Petrig: Piracy
38: James Kraska: Military Operations
39: Donald R Rothwell, Alex G Oude Elferink, Karen N Scott, and Tim Stephens: Charting the Future for the Law of the Sea

About the Author

Donald R. Rothwell is Professor of International Law at the ANU College of Law, Australian National University, Australia where he has taught since 2006, and was previously Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney (2004-2006). His research areas include the law of the sea, the law of the polar regions, international security law, and international law in Australia. He is author, co-author and editor of 16 books. Alex G. Oude Elferink is
Deputy Director of the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea at the School of Law, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. His research interests include the law of the sea, the law of the polar
regions, and the relationship between international law and international relations. Karen N. Scott is a Professor of Law at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Her research interests include Antarctic law and policy, the law of the sea and international environmental law. She is the editor of the New Zealand Yearbook of International Law and a member of the Advisory Board to Gateway Antarctica at the University of Canterbury. Tim Stephens is Professor of
International Law and Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Sydney Law School, University of Sydney, Australia. He is President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law.

Reviews

The contributors were encouraged to consider future challenges and developments in the law of the sea... The Handbook provides a valuable resource for those involved in such critical developments.
*K. J. Keith, The American Journal of International Law*

This volume brings together a distinguished blend of leading and emerging commentators to address the key topics encapsulated in this expansive area of international law. [It] provides an extensive survey of the current state of the law in this key area of global governance.
*Dr Richard Caddell, Journal of International Maritime Law*