INTRODUCTION&by Nicholas Valticos 1
PART ONE THE TPIRD UNITED NATIONS COHFERENCE ON THE LAW OF THE SEA 9
The Third Conference on the Law of the Sea in a Nistorical Perspective&by Constantine A.Stavropoulos 11
The Way of Negotiating at the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea&by Giusence Barile 21
The Impact of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea on Customary Law&by Budislav Vukas 33
PART TWO SOVEREIGNTY AND JURISDICTION IN THE 1982 CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA 55
Straits Used for International Navigation and the New Law of the Sea&by Grigoris Tsaltas and Yannis Lacatzis 57
The Contiguous Zone, Today and Tomorrow&by Constantine Economides 69
The Problem of Access to the European Economic Community's Fishing Zone as the Cornerstone for the Adoption of a Common Fisheries Policy&by Daniel Vignes 93
Some Preliminary Remarks on Eguity in the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea&by Krateros M.Ioannou 97
The Delimitation of Exclusive Economic Zones and Continental Shelves as Highlichted by the International Court of Justice&by Jens Evensen 107
Comoromises of States Interests and their Reoercussions UPon the Rules on the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf: From the Truman Proclamation to the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea&by Christos L. Rozakis 155
PART THREE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME AREAS IN THE 1982 COMVENTIN ON THE LAW OF THE SEA 185
The Peaceful Use of the International Maritime Areas&by Jean - Pierre Queneudec 187
The Notion of Common Neritage of Mankind Applied to the Seabed&by Rene - Jean Dupuy 199
Deep-Sea Mining : The Conseguences of Failure to Agree at UNCLOS Ⅲ&by E.D.Brown 209
A European Perception of the Attitude of the United States at the Final Stage of UNCLOS Ⅲ with Respect to the Exploitation of the Deep Seabed&by Constantine A. Stephanou 259
PART FOUR THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES IN THE 1982 CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA 279
Dispute Settlement in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea&by W.Riphanen 281
The Settlement of Disputes Relating to Activities in the International Seahed Area&by Lucius C. Caflisch 303
Index 345