Science, Technology, and New Challenges to Ocean Law

Science, Technology, and New Challenges to Ocean Law
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 491
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ISBN-10 : 9789004299610
ISBN-13 : 9004299610
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Science, Technology, and New Challenges to Ocean Law by : Harry N. Scheiber

Science, Technology, and New Challenges to Ocean Law offers fresh perspectives on a set of vital issues in the field of ocean law and policy. Since the early period of the industrial revolution, successive waves of revolutionary scientific discoveries and technological innovations have intensified the global population’s exploitation of ocean and coastal resources. In this volume, several leading authorities in the field address major dimensions of the interface of science, technology and ocean law—both historically and in current-day perspective—and emergent challenges in legal ordering of ocean uses for sustainability and equitability. Among the topics that are analysed in these readable, accessible papers are ecosystem approaches to resource management, the historic interplay of science and military concerns, the place of science in dispute-settlement processes, the varied human uses of the seabed, the roles in ocean governance of indigenous peoples, legal issues in fisheries management and conservation, and special regional problems of the Arctic, the Bering Strait, the South China Sea, and the eastern Mediterranean. The urgent importance of the subjects addressed here, together with the variety of disciplinary approaches deployed by the authors, enhance the value of this book’s unique contribution to the literature of ocean studies.

Ocean Law Debates

Ocean Law Debates
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 590
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ISBN-10 : 9789004343146
ISBN-13 : 9004343148
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Synopsis Ocean Law Debates by : Harry N. Scheiber

The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), signed in 1982 and going into force in 1994, was the product of intensive international debates from the 1950s onward. UNCLOS continues to be the subject of vital debates on new initiatives that seek to clarify or expand the scope of the ocean regime. In Ocean Law Debates: The 50-Year Legacy and Emerging Issues for the Years Ahead, distinguished authors analyze the content of these debates, providing both historical perspectives and keen analyses of present-day issues. Several chapters focus on the contributions to debates over half a century’s time by the Law of the Sea Institute, including the controversies involving maritime delimitation issues, creation of marine fisheries law, and responses to the manifold challenges posed by dramatic advances in science and technology. Complementing these historical perspectives, a section of five chapters offers critical discussion of today’s movement to create a regime to sustain biodiversity in the Area Beyond National Jurisdiction. Finally, the volume offers diverse perspectives on the implementation and judicial interpretation of UNCLOS, international whaling regulation, Arctic regional issues, seabed mining problems, the geopolitics of Marine Protected Area declarations, and the role of the IMO in responding to climate change.

Law, Technology and Science for Oceans in Globalisation

Law, Technology and Science for Oceans in Globalisation
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 644
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ISBN-10 : 9789004185814
ISBN-13 : 900418581X
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Synopsis Law, Technology and Science for Oceans in Globalisation by : Davor Vidas

Thirty-four experts on marine affairs and the law of the sea, from six continents, examine the emerging challenges for our World Ocean. The accumulating consequences of human activities on the seas indicate that the Earth may already have entered a new epoch, the Anthropocene, dominated by the human impact. This volume analyses developments in the interface of law, technology and science in some central law-of-the-sea issue areas. These are explored systematically in sections on the World Ocean in the Anthropocene epoch (Part I); combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (Part II); combating illegal oil spills from ships (Part III); marine genetic resources and bioprospecting (Part IV); and the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines (Part V).

Ocean Law and Policy

Ocean Law and Policy
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 483
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ISBN-10 : 9789004311442
ISBN-13 : 9004311440
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Ocean Law and Policy by : Carlos Espósito

In the years since 1994, when the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) entered into force, the ocean law regime has been profoundly affected by an interplay of new forces in global ocean affairs. Numbered among them are innovations in technology and science, the emergence of intensified piracy and other challenges to maritime security, national, and regional programs. In Ocean Law and Policy: Twenty Years of Development under the UNCLOS Regime, experts from fourteen countries present nineteen papers that provide insightful analyses of these wide-ranging issues that form the emerging new context of UNCLOS as a keystone to a working regime system. Accessible as well as authoritative, this volume offers to general readers as well as academics, policy officials, and legal experts a set of important analyses and provocative insights, forming a major contribution to the literature of ocean studies.

Marine Scientific Research, New Marine Technologies and the Law of the Sea

Marine Scientific Research, New Marine Technologies and the Law of the Sea
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Publisher : Maritime Cooperation in East A
Total Pages : 246
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ISBN-10 : 9004469362
ISBN-13 : 9789004469365
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Marine Scientific Research, New Marine Technologies and the Law of the Sea by : Keyuan Zou

"This volume offers critical perspectives on UNCLOS' marine scientific research regime, the implementation of this regime, and governance approaches to new marine technologies"--

Emerging Technology and the Law of the Sea

Emerging Technology and the Law of the Sea
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 369
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ISBN-10 : 9781316517420
ISBN-13 : 131651742X
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Emerging Technology and the Law of the Sea by : James Kraska

Leading experts in the law of the sea assess the impact of emerging technology on ocean governance.

Law, Science and Ocean Management

Law, Science and Ocean Management
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 869
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ISBN-10 : 9789004162556
ISBN-13 : 9004162550
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Law, Science and Ocean Management by : University of Virginia. Center for Oceans Law and Policy. Conference

Contains the proceedings from the 30th annual conference of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia School of Law, held in Dublin 12-14 July 2006.

Emerging Technology and the Law of the Sea

Emerging Technology and the Law of the Sea
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 369
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ISBN-10 : 9781009050746
ISBN-13 : 1009050745
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Emerging Technology and the Law of the Sea by : James Kraska

Autonomous vessels and robotics, artificial Intelligence and cybersecurity are transforming international shipping and naval operations. Likewise, blockchain offers new efficiencies for compliance with international shipping records, while renewable energy from currents and waves and offshore nuclear power stations open opportunities for new sources of power within and from the sea. These and other emerging technologies pose a challenge for the governance framework of the law of the sea, which is adapting to accommodate the accelerating rates of global change. This volume examines how the latest technological advances and marine sciences are reshaping the interpretation and application of the law of the sea. The authors explore the legality of new concepts for military operations on the continental shelf, suggest remote sensing methodologies for delimitation of maritime boundaries, and offer a legal roadmap for ensuring maritime cyber security.

Oceans Policy

Oceans Policy
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Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages : 364
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ISBN-10 : 9041111824
ISBN-13 : 9789041111821
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Oceans Policy by : Myron H. Nordquist

"Oceans Policy: New Institutions, Challenges and Opportunities" draws attention to three new international institutions created by the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea. The International Seabed Authority located in Jamaica governs global activities to convert polymetallic resources into reserves of metal. The Legal Counsel for the Authority provides the first public review of the Authority's draft Mining Code containing the rules, regulations, and procedures for deep seabed mining. The second institution dealt with is the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Professor Louis Sohn outlines several innovative uses of advisory opinions available to the Tribunal while the President of the Tribunal reports on a busy first year of work by this new institution located in Hamburg. Other items discussed are the jurisdiction of the Tribunal and its working methods, including its rules, proceedings and internal procedures. The third international institution established to implement the 1980 Convention is the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 nautical miles. An explanation is given of the geographical context for the development of the legal concept of the Continental Shelf. The principal problems that the Commission must resolve are summarized, in particular with respect to the definition in the Convention of the outer limit of the Continental Shelf. The fourth part of this work is focused on the global challenges posed by drug trafficking in the Caribbean region. The international legal framework governing intercepting illegal drug shipments at sea is analyzed. Recent counter-drug initiatives undertaken at the International Maritime Organization are thenreviewed. The book also contains discussion of the growing threat to ocean freedom posed by piracy and armed robbery at sea, as well as the increasing problems in reconciling the rules for salvage of shipwrecks and underwater archeology. The publication is based on a conference held in Jamaica that was organized by the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia School of Law.