THE LAW OF THE SEA THIRD EDITIONPDF电子书下载

1 Introduction 1

Scope of the book 1

Early development of the subject 3

Sources of the modern law of the sea 5

Attempts at codification 13

International organisations 22

The present legal regime 24

2 Baselines 31

Introduction 31

The normal baseline 33

Straight baselines 33

Bays 41

River mouths 46

Harbour works 47

Low-tide elevations 48

Islands 49

Reefs 51

Charts and publicity 53

Present-day customary international law relating to baselines 53

Validity of baselines 56

3 Internal waters 60

Definition 60

Legal status 60

The right of access to ports and other internal waters 61

Jurisdiction in internal waters 65

4 The territorial sea 71

Development of the concept 71

Legal status of the bed， subsoil and superjacent air space of the territorial sea 75

The breadth of the territorial sea 77

The right of innocent passage 81

Rights and duties of the coastal State 92

5 Straits 102

Definition 102

The regime under customary law and the Territorial Sea Convention 102

The regime under the Law of the Sea Convention 104

The LOSC regime and customary law 110

Special regimes 114

6 Archipelagos 118

Development of a special regime for archipelagos 118

Definition of an archipelago and an archipelagic State 120

Archipelagic baselines 123

Archipelagic waters 125

Customary international law 129

Conclusions 130

7 The contiguous zone 132

Development of the concept 132

Breadth of the contiguous zone 135

Legal status of the contiguous zone 137

8 The continental shelf 141

Introduction 141

The legal status of the continental shelf 142

The seaward limit of the continental shelf 145

The continental shelves of islands 150

The rights and duties of the coastal State 151

Non-independent territories 157

9 The exclusive economic zone 160

Evolution of the EEZ 160

Delimitation of the EEZ 162

The legal status of the EEZ 165

The rights and duties of the coastal State in the EEZ 166

The rights and duties of other States in the EEZ 170

Relationship between the rights of the coastal State and the rights of other States 175

The attribution of other rights in the EEZ 175

Significance of the EEZ 176

10 Delimitation of maritime boundaries 181

Introduction 181

Territorial sea boundaries 182

Continental shelf and EEZ boundaries 184

State practice on delimitation 197

Co-operative arrangements 198

11 High seas 203

Introduction 203

Definition 203

The legal status of the high seas 204

Freedom of the high seas 205

Jurisdiction on the high seas 208

12 The international sea bed area 223

Introduction 223

The background to the Law of the Sea Convention provisions 224

Resolutions Ⅰ and Ⅱ： preparatory investment protection 230

The Reciprocating States Regime 232

PrepCom， the LOSC regime and the 1994 Implementation Agreement 236

Principles of the Law of the Sea Convention regime 238

The International Sea Bed Authority 239

The system of exploitation 248

The common heritage 252

13 Navigation 255

Introduction 255

Nationality of ships 257

Rights of navigation 263

Safety of shipping 264

Evaluation of IMO conventions 272

Other IMO conventions 276

14 Fishing 279

Background to the international law of fisheries 279

International fisheries law prior to the mid-1970s 284

Developments since the mid-1970s 287

The fisheries regime of the EEZ 289

The management of shared stocks 294

The regulation of fishing on the high seas 296

Straddling stocks 305

Rules for particular species 311

Conclusions 321

15 The prevention of marine pollution and protection of the marine environment 328

Introduction 328

Sources of marine pollution 329

Marine pollutants 331

The framework of international law relating to marine pollution 332

Pollution from ships 338

Dumping 363

Pollution from sea-bed activities within national jurisdiction 370

Pollution from mining in the international sea bed area 377

Land-based sources of marine pollution 379

Atmospheric pollution 389

Protection of special areas 392

Other matters 395

Conclusions 395

16 Marine scientific research and the transfer of technology 400

Introduction 400

Scope of the competence to conduct marine scientific research 400

The legal status of research installations 412

International co-operation in marine scientific research 415

The transfer of marine technology 416

17 Military uses of the sea 421

Introduction 421

The law of the sea and laws of war 421

Military uses of the sea in peacetime 426

Special treaties concerning military uses 428

Demilitarisation of the seas 430

18 Landlocked and geographically disadvantaged States 433

Introduction 433

The navigational rights of landlocked States 434

The access of landlocked and geographically disadvantaged States to marine resources 435

The access of landlocked States to the sea 440

19 Settlement of disputes 447

Settlement of disputes under general international law 447

Settlement of disputes under the Law of the Sea Convention 453

General principles applicable in dispute settlement 459

Appendix 1 Claims to maritime zones 463

Appendix 2 Ratifications of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea， its Implementation Agreements and the Geneva Conventions 473

Index 481