Contemporary Issues of the Law of the Sea

Modern Russian Approaches

Alexander Kovalev, William E. Butler

• Publisher: Eleven International Publishing
• Year: 2004
• Topic: Law
• eBook ISBN:
  9789077596302
• Subtopic: Maritime Law
• Index: Law

Originally published in Russian, this book is the first major Russian treatise on the international law of the sea in the post-Soviet era. The book covers the legal status and legal regime of the sea expanses and follows their classification in the 1982 United Nations Convention. In addition, a separate section is devoted to the legal status of the Caspian Sea. The author analyzes in-depth the international legal norms regulating the preservation of the marine environment and concludes that a system of international cooperation is essential both in the sphere of navigation and economic exploitation of oceanic resources. Extensive attention is given to Russian practice. As Russia plays a central and influential role in world maritime policy, a book that specifically deals with Russian approaches in this field cannot fail to be of importance to anyone interested in the law of the sea.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• PREFACE by Iu. E. Fokin
• EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 1. INTERNAL SEA WATERS
• CHAPTER 2. TERRITORIAL SEA
• CHAPTER 3. CONTIGUOUS ZONE
• CHAPTER 4. ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS
• CHAPTER 5. EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE
• CHAPTER 6. CONTINENTAL SHELF
• CHAPTER 7. SEABED BEYOND LIMITS OF NATIONAL JURISDICTION
• CHAPTER 8. HIGH SEAS
• CHAPTER 9. CLOSED AND SEMI-CLOSED SEAS
• CHAPTER 10. LEGAL REGIME OF CASPIAN SEA
• CHAPTER 11. LEGAL REGIME OF THE ARCTIC
• CHAPTER 12. INTERNATIONAL LEGAL REGIME OF THE ANTARCTIC
• CHAPTER 13. INTERNATIONAL STRAITS
• CHAPTER 14. INTERNATIONAL CANALS
• CHAPTER 15. PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF MARINE ENVIRONMENT
• CHAPTER 16. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATIONS
• CONCLUSION
• INDEX OF TREATIES
• NAME AND SUBJECT INDEX