A ‘Constitution for the Oceans', 9781108840149
Hardcover
Oceans’ legal history: failures, innovations, and enduring challenges.

A ‘Constitution for the Oceans'

the long hard road to the un convention on the law of the sea

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  • Hardcover

    372 pages

  • Release Date

    13 February 2025

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Summary

A Constitution for the Oceans: Navigating the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, signed in 1982, represents the culmination of fifty years of legal development. Previous attempts at establishing a treaty for governing the ocean at League of Nations and United Nations conferences in 1930, 1958 and 1960 ended without agreement on the breadth of the territorial sea, and in some instances, without any agreement at all.

Throughout the neg…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781108840149
ISBN-10:1108840140
Author:Kirsten Sellars
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:372
Release Date:13 February 2025
Weight:712g
About The Author

Kirsten Sellars

Kirsten Sellars focuses on public international law – specifically, the law of the sea, the laws governing uses of force, and international criminal law – with emphasis on South Asian perspectives. Her publications include the monograph, ‘Crimes against Peace’ and International Law (2015), and the edited volume, Trials for International Crimes in Asia (2018).

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