The International Law of the Sea (4^th Ed.)

This new edition has been revised and updated to provide current and comprehensive coverage of essential issues of the international law of the sea in a systematic manner. This book presents two paradigms of the law of the sea: the law of divided oceans and the law of our common ocean. It covers contemporary issues, such as protection of the marine biological diversity, marine plastic pollution, the Arctic, and impacts of climate change on the oceans. Following the clear and accessible approach of previous editions, with many illustrations and tables, The International Law of the Sea continues to help students to best understand the law of the sea.

Part I. The Divided Oceans: International Law Governing Jurisdictional Zones: 1. The law of the sea in perspective; 2. Maritime limits: baselines and maritime features; 3. Marine spaces under national jurisdiction I: territorial sovereignty; 4. Marine spaces under national jurisdiction II: sovereign rights; 5. Marine spaces beyond national jurisdiction; 6. Maritime delimitation; Part II. Our Common Ocean: Protection of Community Interests at Sea: 7. Conservation of marine living resources; 8. Protection of the marine environment; 9. Conservation of marine biological diversity; 10. Marine scientific research; 11. Maintenance of international peace and security at sea; 12. Land-locked and geographically disadvantaged states; 13. Peaceful settlement of international disputes; 14. Looking ahead: law of the sea as a legal shield.

Yoshifumi Tanaka is Professor of International Law with Specific Focus on the Law of the Sea at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. He is the single author of four books: Predictability and Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation (2006), A Dual Approach to Ocean Governance (2008), The International Law of the Sea (Cambridge, 2012; 2nd edition, 2015) and The Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes (Cambridge, 2018). He has published widely in the fields of the law of the sea, international environmental law and peaceful settlement of international disputes.