The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles

Delineation, Delimitation and Dispute Settlement
XIV, 319 Pp. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-29683-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 78, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: Publications on Ocean Development

In The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles, Bjarni Már Magnússon explores various aspects of the establishment of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles and maritime boundary delimitations. Special emphasis is laid on the interplay between these processes and the role of coastal States, the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf and international courts and tribunals in this regard.

Magnússon convincingly argues that despite the possibility for tension to arise the relationship between the relevant institutions and processes is clear and precise and they together form a coherent system where each separate institution plays its own part in a larger process.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Már Magnússon, Bjarni

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales See-, Luft- und Weltraumrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

1. Introduction
1.1. The Topic
1.2. The Approach
1.3. Outline of the Study
2. The Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf
2.1. Introduction
2.2. What is the Continental Shelf?
2.3. The Establishment of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles
2.3.1. The History of the Legal Continental Shelf 1945-82
2.3.2. Natural Prolongation 19
2.3.3. UNCLOS Provisions on the Establishment of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf
2.3.4. Coastal States’ Rights and Duties in the Continental Shelf
2.4. Concluding Remarks
3. The Role of the CLCS
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Legal Instruments
3.3. What is the CLCS?
3.3.1. What is the Role of the CLCS?
3.3.2. Who are the Members of the CLCS?
3.3.3. What kind of Entity is the CLCS?
3.3.4. Does the CLCS Represent the International Community?
3.3.5. The Commission’s Connections to other International Entities
3.4. Recommendations and Resubmissions
3.4.1. Introduction
3.4.2. Main Aspects of the Procedure
3.4.3. Adopted Recommendations and Resubmissions
3.5. Four Fundamental Issues of Interpretation
3.5.1. Are States obliged to make a Submission to the CLCS?
3.5.2. Can a Non-Party to UNCLOS make a Submission to the CLCS?
3.5.3. What does ‘on the basis’ mean?
3.5.4. What does ‘final and binding’ mean?
3.6. The CLCS, Maritime Boundary Delimitations and Unresolved Land and Maritime Disputes
3.6.1. What is not the Role of the CLCS
3.6.2. What is a Dispute?
3.6.3. Third Parties
3.6.4. Partial Submissions
3.6.5. Joint and Separate Submissions
3.7. Concluding Remarks
4. Delimitation of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 nm – The Method
4.1. Introduction
4.2. The Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between Adjacent or Opposite Coastal States
4.2.1. The Drawing of a Line
4.2.2. An Agreement on the Basis of International Law
4.2.3. Equitable Principles and Equidistance
4.2.4. The Development of Continental Shelf Delimitations
4.2.5. The Differenc

Über Autor(innen)

Bjarni Már Magnússon, Ph.D. (2013), University of Edinburgh, is Assistant Professor in International Law at Reykjavik University. He has published on public international law and was a junior counsel for Bangladesh in the maritime boundary delimitation case against Myanmar.