Beyond the Law of the Sea

New Directions for U.S. Oceans Policy

George V. Galdorisi, Kevin R. Vienna

• Publisher: Praeger
• Year: 1997
• Print ISBN:
  9780275957544
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780313370120
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: International Law
• Index: Law

The 1982 U.N. Convention of the Law of the Sea took over a decade to produce and was the final result of the largest single international negotiating process undertaken before or since that time. As the world's leading maritime nation, the U.S. has vital, immediate, national interests in the Convention and in the continuing refinement of maritime law based upon the tenets of that comprehensive document. The present work describes in detail the concurrent development of international law and the law of the sea, the complex negotiating process that resulted in the completed Convention, the role of the U.S. both during the Law of the Sea Convention and during the decade of negotiation that finally made the Convention acceptable, and policy directions and issues for the U.S. in the post-Convention environment. This is an important new text in international law, international relations, and maritime affairs.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Law of the Sea and International Law
• 3. The United States and the Law of the Sea Negotiations
• 4. The Law of the Sea Negotiating Process Endgame: Treaty Rejection by the United States
• 5. The Intervening Years and Treaty Ratification
• 6. Changes in the U.S. Position: Why the United States Said "Yes"
• 7. Implications of a Ratified Treaty: Where the United States Stands Now
• 8. Policy Directions for the United States in the Law of the Sea
• 9. Oceans Policy Issues: What the United States Must Focus On
• 10. Making United States Oceans Policy
• Appendix 1: President's Ocean Policy Statement, 10 March 1983
• Appendix 2: Proclamation 5030, Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States of America, 10 March 1983
• Appendix 3: Letter from the Secretaries of State and Defense to Senator Pell, Washington, D.C., 28 July 1994
• Appendix 4: Letter of Transmittal
• Appendix 5: Key Features of the Law of the Sea Convention
• Appendix 6: National Pollution Control Legislation
• Appendix 7: International Pollution Control Agreements
• Appendix 8: National Marine and Coastal Resources Legislation
• Appendix 9: International Fisheries Agreements
• Selected Bibliography
• Index