International Ocean Law

by McDorman, Ted L.; Bolla, Alexander J.; Johnston, Douglas; Duff, John A.

• ISBN13: 9780890890486
• ISBN10: 089089048X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
A Note on Reference Materials	xiii
An Introductory Note to Students on International Treaties and Cases	3	(1)
Major International Treaties	3	(2)
International Cases	5	(2)
Other Treaties and International Documents of Note	7	(4)
The Nature and Structure of International Ocean Law	11	(30)
Introduction	11	(5)
Key Concepts and History of International Law of the Sea	16	(10)
History	16	(5)
Common Heritage of Humankind	21	(5)
The Law of the Sea Convention	26	(15)
Overview of the Contents of the LOS Convention	28	(1)
The United States and the LOS Convention	29	(6)
The LOS Convention and Subsequent Developments	35	(6)
National Jurisdiction: Regimes, Zones and Boundaries	41	(106)
Introduction	41	(1)
Regimes and Zones in the LOS Convention	42	(19)
Overview	42	(3)
The LOS Convention Treaty Provisions	45	(8)
U.S. Ocean Claims	53	(1)
Presidential Proclamations Respecting U.S. Ocean Claims	53	(3)
U.S. Federal-State Issues	56	(2)
The Exclusive Economic Zone	58	(3)
Maritime Boundaries: Introduction	61	(3)
The International Law of Maritime Boundary-Making	64	(68)
Delineation of Baselines	66	(11)
Determination of Seaward Limits: Territorial Sea and EEZ	77	(2)
Determination of Seaward Limits: Continental Shelf	79	(7)
Islands	86	(1)
Archipelagic States	86	(2)
Islands or Rocks?	88	(3)
Islands and Contested Sovereignty	91	(2)
Delimitation of ``Lateral'' Boundaries	93	(1)
History and Background	93	(11)
The LOS Convention	104	(4)
The U.S.-Canada Gulf of Maine Case	108	(10)
Recent Developments	118	(14)
The Diplomacy of Maritime Boundary-Making	132	(15)
Vessels: Navigation and Pollution	147	(84)
Introduction	147	(1)
Vessel Nationality	148	(7)
Freedom of Navigation: An Overview with Special Reference to Military Matters	155	(7)
Passage Rights	162	(38)
Innocent Passage	162	(1)
History and the Principal LOS Convention Provisions	163	(9)
Warships and Innocent Passage	172	(7)
Passage in International Straits	179	(1)
Introduction	179	(7)
Transit Passage	186	(6)
Straits Used for International Navigation	192	(1)
Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage	193	(7)
Vessel-Source Pollution	200	(31)
Introduction	200	(2)
The Law of the Sea Convention	202	(15)
The Authority of a Port State	217	(6)
The Challenge of Ultrahazardous Radioactive Materials	223	(8)
Marine Living Resources	231	(80)
Introduction	231	(5)
Legal Issues within National Zones	236	(18)
Harvesting and Access	236	(8)
Illegal Foreign Fishing	244	(8)
Regulation of Foreign Fishing Vessel Passage	252	(2)
Legal Issues and Transboundary Stocks: The Case of Pacific Salmon	254	(10)
Legal Issues beyond National Jurisdiction	264	(34)
Harvesting and Access: Introduction	264	(4)
The Canadian Arrest of the Spanish Trawler Estai	268	(4)
The 1995 Fish Stocks Implementing Agreement	272	(26)
The Intersection of Trade Law and Fisheries Law	298	(13)
Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment	311	(32)
Introduction	311	(3)
State Obligations under Customary International Law	314	(11)
The Major International Cases	314	(1)
Trail Smelter Arbitration	314	(2)
Corfu Channel Case	316	(2)
Nuclear Test Cases	318	(4)
Declarations, Institutions and Treaties	322	(1)
Stockholm, UNEP and the Basel Convention	322	(2)
The 1992 Rio Declaration	324	(1)
The Law of the Sea Convention	325	(15)
Introduction	325	(1)
The LOS Convention Provisions	326	(11)
The MOX Plant Case	337	(3)
Looking Back and Looking Forward	340	(3)
Ocean Science and Technology Meets Ocean Law	343	(48)
Introduction	343	(2)
Law, Science and Ethics in Conflict: Selected Contexts	345	(33)
Fishery Management and Conservation	345	(8)
The Driftnet Controversy	353	(18)
The Precautionary Controversy	371	(7)
The Impact of Technology on International Ocean Law	378	(13)
Third Party Dispute Settlement	391	(34)
Introduction	391	(4)
Consent and Third Party Dispute Settlement	395	(5)
Bilateral Agreement	396	(2)
Agreement To Use the International Court of Justice	398	(2)
The Law of the Sea Convention	400	(21)
Basic Framework	400	(7)
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea	407	(6)
The Southern Bluefin Tuna Cases (New Zealand/Australia v. Japan)	413	(8)
Evaluating the Current Status of Adjudicative Dispute Settlement	421	(4)
Index	425