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Selected Contemporary Issues in the Law of the Sea
BRILL 2011; US$ 166.00Drawing on papers presented at Trinity College, Dublin, in 2010, Selected Contemporary Issues in the Law of the Sea provides a cohesive discussion on various challenges involved with the law of the sea. International experts cover topics such as straight baselines, high seas/EEZ jurisdiction, the definition of, and jurisdiction over, piracy and submissions... more...
South Africa and the Law of the Sea
BRILL 2011; US$ 221.00South Africa and the Law of the Sea brings together the many threads of the rich South African marine-law tapestry by covering both the public international law as context and the details of South African marine law and policy within their African framework. more...
Mexico and the Law of the Sea
BRILL 2011; US$ 212.00Mexico and the Law of the Sea: Contributions and Compromises examines Mexico?s legal work at the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea; its involvement at the regional Latin American meetings of Montevideo, Lima and Santo Domingo; and its current domestic legislation, in particular the Federal Oceans Act of 1986. more...
Reflections on the Contemporary Law of the Sea
BRILL 2012; US$ 144.00Reflections on the Contemporary Law of the Sea describes the development and the present state of the law of the sea, particularly in light of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also drawing attention to some of the problems facing the international community. more...
UNCLOS 1982 Commentary
BRILL 2012; US$ 151.00This Supplement to the seven-volume series United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982, A Commentary, prepared at the University of Virginia?s Center for Oceans Law and Policy, contains additional primary documents and materials directly related to the Convention. more...
Dispute Resolution in the Law of the Sea
BRILL 2012; US$ 196.00Focusing on the functioning of the dispute settlement system under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea since its entry into force, this monograph offers a comprehensive study of dispute resolution in the contemporary law of the sea. more...
The Law of Waiver, Variation and Estoppel
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 229.99The doctrines of waiver, variation and estoppel are relied upon to justify or criticize a party's changed position as to its contractual obligations. This book provides a complete practitioner guide to these complex but important doctrines, analysing their basic foundations and their relationship with other areas of law including contract, restitution,... more...
International Law and Ocean Management
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 230.00This book places contemporary problems of ocean use management in historical context beginning with the time of Hugo Grotius, whose seminal 1609 work The Freedom of the Seas was the basis of ocean law for the next three centuries. Individual use problems are dealt with in detail and include overfishing, migrating fish stocks and fish wars, oil... more...
Maritime Law and Policy in China
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 69.95On 11 November 2001,the People?s Republic of China officially became a member of the World Trade Organisation. During the preceding two decades China emerged as a major trading and maritime nation, has adopted more than twenty maritime related laws and has ratified most of the important international maritime conventions. Maritime Law and Policy... more...
Democratic Accountability and the Use of Force in International Law
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 44.00Nine democracies discussed (Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, Norway, Russia, UK and US) contribute to military operations sanctioned by the UN and NATO. On whose authority, and with what oversight? This analysis of internationally-authorized armed interventions and democratic accountability raises concerns about the nation-state, international... more...









