United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Alexander Proelß is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Trier, specialising in the law of the sea. The contributors are renowned experts in the law of the sea in various countries.

• PART I INTRODUCTIONPART II TERRITORIAL SEA AND CONTIGUOUS ZONEPART III STRAITS USED FOR INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATIONPART IV ARCHIPELAGIC STATESPART V EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONEPART VI CONTINENTAL SHELFPART VII HIGH SEASPART VIII REGIME OF ISLANDSPART IX ENCLOSED OR SEMI-ENCLOSED SEASPART X RIGHT OF ACCESS OF LAND-LOCKED STATES TO AND FROM THE SEA AND FREEDOM OF TRANSITPART XI THE AREAPART XII PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENTPART XIII MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHPART XIV DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF MARINE TECHNOLOGYPART XV SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTESPART XVI GENERAL PROVISIONSPART XVII FINAL PROVISIONSANNEX I HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES ANNEX II COMMISSION ON THE LIMITS OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELFANNEX III BASIC CONDITIONS OF PROSPECTING, EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATIONANNEX IV STATUTE OF THE ENTERPRISEANNEX V CONCILIATIONANNEX VI STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE LAW OF THE SEAANNEX VII ARBITRATIONANNEX VIII SPECIAL ARBITRATIONANNEX IX PARTICIPATION BY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

[T]he book is an excellent tool for legal practitioners and scholars of international law of the sea wishing to deepen their knowledge of this field. In addition, it has the great advantage of offering in-depth analyses of all provisions of the Convention and its protocols in a single, user-friendly volume.