The Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf Legal Aspects of their Establishment /

• Main Author: Suarez, Suzette V. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht, 199
• Subjects: Science.; Public international law.; Law of the sea.; International law.; Science, general.; Public International Law.; Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.

A. The Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (herein- ter the “Convention”) marks the beginning of a new era in the law of 1 the sea. The negotiations for this treaty at the Third United Nations Conference for the Law of the Sea (hereinafter “...

Table of Contents:

• The Continental Shelf Prior to UNCLOS III
• The Continental Shelf – its Definition and Limits under Article 76 of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
• The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
• Establishment of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles – the Legal, Scientific and Technical Interface
• The Process of Establishing the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf
• Prospects for Settlement of Disputes Involving the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles
• The Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf: Legal Aspects of their Establishment.