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The law of the sea has undergone more change in the last 50 years than it has in the previous 400. All naval operations are meant to be carried out within the framework ofinternational law, which now centres around the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982. An understanding of today's law of the sea is critical for domestic as well as international maritime trade and inevitably of course, for national security. This book provides clarity on what the legitimate use of ocean space is and what is not, examining the new jurisdictional boundaries or functional divisions of the oceans into several maritime zones along with their military implications.

Law of the sea --- High seas, Jurisdiction over --- Marine law --- Ocean --- Ocean law --- Sea, Law of the --- International law --- Maritime law --- Territorial waters --- Law and legislation

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A surprising number of maritime boundaries remain unresolved, and a range of reasons can be cited to explain why the process of delimiting these boundaries has been so slow. This volume addresses and analyzes some of these reasons, focusing on some of the volatile disputes in Northeast Asia and in North America. Scholars from Asia, the United States, and Europe grapple with festering controversies and apply insights gained from resolved disputes to those that remain unresolved. Islands continue to haunt this process, and the way in which they should affect maritime boundaries remains in dispute. The United States has a number of disputed boundaries with its neighbors to the north and south, and these are examined. Antarctica is a concern of all nations, and the regimes governing the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica are analyzed. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea was created to allow countries to resolve their disputes peacefully, and two chapters look at how this new court is operating. The impact of sea-level rise on maritime boundaries is given special attention in the opening chapter. This volume presents a wonderful collection of provocative chapters written by the top scholars in the field of International Ocean Law. It should help scholars, students, and decision makers to understand the current state of this field and to move some of the difficult disputes toward resolution.

Boundary disputes. --- Complementarity (International law). --- Continental shelf. --- Economic zones (Law of the sea). --- Law of the sea. --- Territorial waters. --- Economic zones (Law of the sea) --- High seas, Jurisdiction over --- Marine law --- Ocean --- Ocean law --- Sea, Law of the --- International law --- Maritime law --- Territorial waters --- Continental margins --- Border disputes --- Disputes, Boundary --- Territorial boundary disputes --- Economic zones (Maritime law) --- Exclusive economic zones (Law of the sea) --- Patrimonial sea (Law of the sea) --- Law of the sea --- Contiguous zones (Law of the sea) --- Limit, Three-mile (Territorial waters) --- Marginal sea (Territorial waters) --- Maritime belt (Territorial waters) --- Territorial sea --- Three-mile limit (Territorial waters) --- Bodies of water --- Jurisdiction, Territorial --- Territory, National --- Continental shelf --- Innocent passage (Law of the sea) --- Law and legislation

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Law --- Natural resources --- Law of the sea --- Annuaires. --- Droit de la mer. --- Gouvernance. --- Droits de l'homme. --- Protection de l'environnement. --- Law. --- Law of the sea. --- Law and legislation --- Law and legislation. --- Région arctique. --- Polar regions. --- High seas, Jurisdiction over --- Marine law --- Ocean --- Ocean law --- Sea, Law of the --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- National resources --- Resources, Natural --- Economic aspects --- Environmental law --- Common heritage of mankind (International law) --- International law --- Maritime law --- Territorial waters --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- Resource-based communities --- Resource curse --- Regions --- Cold regions --- Law, General & Comparative

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The historical development of tonnage, ship registration, classification societies and national and international law for flag State responsibility is recounted, along with the large increase in numbers of non-traditional flag States and classification societies over the past fifty years. The Law of the Sea Convention provides for a State to grant its nationality to ships, for those ships to be surveyed before registration, and for a flag State to effectively exercise its jurisdiction and control in administrative, technical and social matters over ships flying its flag. A State has the sovereign right to determine conditions for grant of its nationality and this can lead to derogation of flag State responsibility with implications for safety of ships. These issues are analysed and remedies proposed for effective flag State implementation of mandatory instruments.

Flags of convenience. --- Jurisdiction over ships at sea. --- Maritime law --- History. --- Flag of convenience --- Ships --- Ship transfers to foreign registry --- Freedom of the seas --- International law --- War, Maritime (International law) --- Law, Maritime --- Marine law --- Merchant marine --- Merchant ships --- Navigation --- Navigation laws --- Shipping --- Commercial law --- Law of the sea --- Registration and transfer --- Nationality --- Law and legislation --- Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law . --- Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space. --- Private international law. --- Conflict of laws. --- Law of the sea. --- International law. --- Choice of law --- Conflict of laws --- Intermunicipal law --- International law, Private --- International private law --- Private international law --- Law --- Legal polycentricity --- Law of nations --- Nations, Law of --- Public international law --- High seas, Jurisdiction over --- Ocean --- Ocean law --- Sea, Law of the --- Territorial waters --- Civil law

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With the considerable advances made in the quality of sensors on board commercial observation satellites, information gained from them not only became widely available, but very useful for the verification of a number of arms control treaties including the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (the NPT). Satellites have begun to play an important role in the safeguards procedures under the NPT. For example, from satellites, nuclear facilities and activities such as the construction and shapes of buildings (including underground activities), plant expansion, and changes in operational status can be monitored. For an effective use of satellite imagery, it is important to determine identifiable signatures related to nuclear facilities that could be used in the interpretation and verification of activities. The book presents studies on visual and computer-based interpretation of remote sensing data for international safeguards purposes.

Nuclear fuels --- Artificial satellites in remote sensing. --- Image processing. --- Image processing --- Breeding --- Remote sensing. --- Digital techniques. --- Atomic fuel --- Fission fuel --- Reactor fuels --- Law. --- Political science. --- International law. --- Trade. --- Law of the sea. --- International Economic Law, Trade Law. --- Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space. --- Political Science. --- Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. --- Digital image processing --- Digital electronics --- Pictorial data processing --- Picture processing --- Processing, Image --- Imaging systems --- Optical data processing --- Remote sensing --- Nuclear reactors --- Fuel --- Radioactive substances --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Remote-sensing imagery --- Remote sensing systems --- Remote terrain sensing --- Sensing, Remote --- Terrain sensing, Remote --- Aerial photogrammetry --- Aerospace telemetry --- Detectors --- Space optics --- High seas, Jurisdiction over --- Marine law --- Ocean --- Ocean law --- Sea, Law of the --- International law --- Maritime law --- Territorial waters --- Law of nations --- Nations, Law of --- Public international law --- Law --- Law and legislation