Unruly Ocean

Dr Erika Techera is Professor of Law at The University of Western Australia. She researches on international and comparative environmental law, particularly oceans. She is a co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law, 2021, and co-author of International Law of Sharks, 2017.Dr Joy McCann is an environmental historian affiliated with the University of Tasmania. Her research focuses on oceans, ice, islands and coastlines of the southern hemisphere, and her publications include Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean, 2019.

• IntroductionPART I – THE OCEAN AS TERRITORY1. Undercurrents: Legal approaches and maritime concepts2. Fluid boundaries: Shoreline borders and maritime zones3. Disorder at sea: Piracy, war and illegalityPART II – THE OCEAN AS RESOURCE4. An ‘inexhaustible’ bounty: Fishing and farming of marine life5. Seafaring: Ships and shipping law6. Disrupting the flow: Construction and extraction in the deep ocean PART III – THE OCEAN AS ECOSYSTEM7. The fragile ocean: Protecting species and ecosystems8. Ocean space: protecting marine areas and regionsPART IV – THE OCEAN AS REPOSITORY9. Overboard: Discharge, dumping and debris at sea10. Shipwrecks to sea shanties: Safeguarding maritime cultural heritage11. Ways of knowing: Ocean knowledge, research and dataPART V – THE OCEAN AS FUTURE12. Anthropocene ocean: turning the tide of oceans governance