State Responsibility for Interferences with the Freedom of Navigation in Public International Law

• Main Author: Wendel, Philipp (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, 11
• Subjects: Law.; Law of the sea.; International law.; Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.

A multitude of conventions in the area of the Law of the Sea contains provisions on the issue of compensation for (wrongful) interferences with navigation. Even though interferences by warships and coast guard vessels, due to a perceived increased risk of international crimes at sea, seem to have be...

Table of Contents:

• The perpetual conflict between freedom and security in the Law of the Sea
• Principles drawn from the treaty provisions on State responsibility for interferences with navigation on the high seas
• The U.S. strategy: 28 bilateral treaties and the Proliferation Security Initiative
• Compensation for interferences in international conflicts
• Conclusions and outlook.