Contents
Preface;
Contents;
Table of cases;
Chapter 1
Introduction;
Historical background;
Pre-grotius period;
Grotius period;
Development of the freedom of seas - British contribution;
Freedom of the Sea - Legal Conceptions judicial recognization of grotius principles International conventions;
Chapter 2
The territorial sea and the contiguous zone;
Historical prospective;
Extent of the territorial sea;
Judicial Academy nation of the Three Mile rule use expressed by international bodies;
Geneva conference of 1958 (UNCLOS 1);
Geneva sea conference of 1960 (UNCLOS 2);
The third UN conference on the law of the sea 1973 to 1982 (UNCLOS 3);
Delimitation of the territorial sea the continuous zone;
Chapter 3
The Continental shelf;
The meaning of the concept;
Claims with respect to the continental self;
Delimitation of the continental shelf;
The 1958 Geneva Convention on the Continental shelf;
The third UN Conference on the law of the sea judicial contribution;
Chapter 4
The Exclusive economic zone;
Extra territorial claims in historical perspective fisheries zone;
The concept of the patrimonial sea;
The Judiciary on fishery limits;
The Exclusive economic zone and UNCLOS III;
Chapter 5
Impact of UNCLOS III;
The significant features of the convention;
The Territorial Sea;
The Right of Innocent Passage;
Rules applicable to merchant ships and government ships operated for commercial purchases;
The contiguous zone;
Straits used for international navigation transit passage;
Archipelagic States;
The Exclusive economic zone;
The continental shelf;
High Seas;
Right of Hot Pursuit;
The sea and the International Civil authority impact of us refusal to sign the convention;
Conclusion;
Bibliography;
Annexures;
Annexure 1. The Norwegian Coast;
Annexure 2. The Continental shelf;
Annexure 3. The area involved in the north-sea continental shelf;
Annexure 4. The delimitation of the Tunisia-Libya continental shelf;
Annexure 5. Delimitation of maritime frontiers under the traditional law of the sea;
Annexure 6. Delimitation of maritime frontiers after UNCLOS III;