Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- 1. Introduction -- Part I Baselines and boundary delimitation -- 2. National and International Maritime Zones -- 3. The Influence of Geographical Advantages and Disadvantages on Maritime claims -- 4. Islands and Rocks -- 5. Normal Baselines, Reefs and Low-Tide Elevations -- 6. Bays, Mouths of Rivers, Ports and Roadsteads -- 7. Straight Baselines -- 8. Archipelagic Baselines and Navigation Rights Through Archipelagic Waters -- 9. The Continental Margin -- 10. The Delimitation of International Maritime Boundaries -- 11. Maritime Boundary Disputes and Options for Dispute Resolution -- 12. International Maritime Boundaries: Technical and Practical Considerations -- Part II Maritime regions -- 13. The Atlantic Ocean -- 14. The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea -- 15. The Baltic, North and Irish Seas -- 16. The Mediterranean and Black Seas -- 17. The Pacific Ocean excluding the Asian Rim -- 18. The Asian Rim in the Pacific Ocean -- 19. The Indian Ocean -- 20. The Red Sea -- 21. The Persian Gulf -- 22. The Arctic Ocean and associated Seas -- 23. Antarctica and the Southern Ocean -- Tables -- Name index -- Subject index.