Introduction 1
PART Ⅰ General 5
1 IMO： 60 years in the service of shipping &EFTHIMIOS E.MITROPOULOS， SECRETARY-GENERAL. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION 7
2 New European maritime policy for cleaner oceans and seas &MARKO PAVLIHA.PROFESSOR.FACULTY OF MARITIME STUDIES AND TRANSPORTATION， UNIVERSITY OF L.JUBLJANA 22
3 Protection of international watercourses &MALGOSIA FITZMAURICE.PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW， QUEEN MARY.UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 32
4 Criminal sanctions in relation to ship-source pollution &BERNARD VANHEULE， SENIOR LEGAL OFFICER.ROYAL BELGIAN SHIPOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION 54
PART Ⅱ The law of the sea5 Malta， Maine and beyond： trends in the theory and practice of maritime boundary delimitation&CHARLES H.NORCHI DIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR OF LAW， MARINE LAW INSTITUTE.UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW 77
6 A legal and practical arrangement of disputes concerning maritime boundaries pending their final solution and law enforcement： from a Japanese perspective&ATSUKO KANEHARA， PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW， FACULTY OF LAW， RIKKYO UNIVERSITY， TOKYO 95
7 Bioprospecting， marine scientific research and the patentability of genetic resources&ANDREE KIRCHNER.MLS RECHTSANWALTSGESELLSCH.AFT MBH， BREMEN/BERLIN 119
8 Marine scientific research and the right to lay submarine cables and pipelines： differences in regime UMBERTO LEANZA， FULL PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. FACULTY OF LAW.UNIVERSITY OF ROME ‘TOR VERGATA’/ FORMER HEAD OF THE LEGAL SERVICE OF THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 129
9 A new advent for renewable offshore resources&IVAN VELLA， MARITIME PRACTITIONER AND ADVOCATE 136
10 The idea of the common heritage of mankind&HELMUT TUERK， JUDGE AND CURRENT VICE-PRESIDENT， INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE LAW OF THE SEA 156
11 Correlatives of the common heritage and the present Euro-Mediterranean context &PETER SERRACINO-INGLOTT， CHAIRMAN.MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE/FORMER RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MALTA 176
12 Extension of coastal state jurisdiction in the Mediterranean： quasi EEZs or real sui generis zones？ MITJA GRBEC， CONSULTANT/FORMER ASSISTANT LECTURER， IMO INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW INSTITUTE 181
13 Lo Stretto di Hormuz e le minacce al regime internazionale di transito&FABIO CAFFIO， REAR ADMIRAL OF ITALIAN NAVY， EXPERT IN MARITIME LAW 203
14 The fight against piracy and armed robbery against ships off the coast of Somalia： international cooperation illustrated &PATRICIA MALLIA， HEAD.DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW， UNIVERSITY OF MALTA 216
PART Ⅲ Shipping law 233
15 Hague， Visby， Hamburg and Rotterdam： a maritime tour of northern Europe &FRANCIS REYNOLDS.QC， PROFESSOR EMERITUS. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 235
16 A summary of some general criticisms of the UNCITRAL Convention （the Rotterdam Rules）&WILLIAM TETLEY， CM， QC， PROFESSOR OF LAW， MCGILL UNIVERSITY 251
17 UNCTAD and its role in regulation of liability for carriage of goods by sea and multimodal transport &MAHIN FAGHFOURI， PRESIDENT， INTERNATIONAL MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION/FORMER HEAD.LEGAL SECTION. UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT 255
18 Operation of a ship’s hatch covers： allocation of responsibility under a time charterparty agreement &NORMAN A.MARTIEZ GUTIERREZ.LECTURER， IMO INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW INSTITUTE 274
19 The Maritime Labour Convention 2006： a major step forward in maritime law &RETO DuRLER.HEAD， SWISS MARITIME NAVIGATION OFFICE 297
20 Maritime security vis-a-vis fair treatment of seafarers： a conundrum in the development of international maritime law &FRANK L.WISWALL JR.， VICE-PRESIDENT （HONORIS CAUSA） COMITE MARITIME INTERNATIONAL/FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE LEGAL COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION/PROCTOR AND ADVOCATE IN ADMIRALTY 305
21 Influence of the Torrey Canyon incident on the liability and compensation regimes developed under the auspices of the IMO &GAETANO LIBRANDO， DEPUTY DIRECTOR.HEAD.TREATIES AND RULES SECTION， LEGAL AFFAIRS AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS DIVISION， INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION 315
22 Dispute resolution in oil pollution cases： are there alternatives to litigation in national courts？ &MANS JACOBSSON， FORMER DIRECTOR.INTERNATIONAL OIL POLLUTION COMPENSATION FUNDS 328
23 International maritime law： developing a comprehensive third-party liability convention&PATRICK J.S.GRIGGS CBE， FORMER PRESIDENT， COMITE MARITIME INTERNATIONAL 342
24 Places of refuge： environmental salvage &ARCHIE BISHOP， LEGAL ADVISER TO THE INTERNATIONAL SALVAGE UNION 352
25 Implementation of the Arrest Convention &IGNACIO ARROYO， PROFESSOR OF COMMERCIAL LAW， AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA/PRESIDENT OF THE SPANISH MARITIME LAW ASSOCIATION 363
26 Good faith and the duty of disclosure in marine insurance law &PING-FAT SZE， COUNSEL， DOCTORS’ COMMONS， NORFOLK ISLAND （AUSTRALIA）/ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF ASIA INTERNATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY， MACAO 376
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