Contents -- Preface -- Table of Figures -- Table of Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- Table of Treaties and Other International Instruments -- Table of 1982 LOS Convention Articles -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- A Overview -- 1 Developments to 1972 -- 2 The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea and the 1982 LOS Convention -- Figure I.A Zones of National Jurisdiction -- 3 Developments Since 1982 -- B International Law and International Legal Process -- Statute of the International Court of Justice -- Notes -- North Sea Continental Shelf Cases -- Figure I.B Actual and Proposed North Sea Maritime Boundaries -- Notes -- Louis B. Sohn, The Law of the Sea: Customary International Law Developments -- Jonathan I. Charney, International Agreements and the Development of Customary International Law -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Freedom of the High Seas -- A Introduction -- Law of the Sea Convention, Articles 86-87, 89 -- Notes -- B Freedom of Navigation -- Hugo Grotius, The Freedom of the Seas -- Notes -- C Freedom of Overflight -- United States Protest to Ecuador -- Notes -- D Freedom of Fishing -- United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture: 2010 -- Notes -- E Freedom to Lay Submarine Cables and Pipelines -- Alleged Damage to United States Submarine Cables by Soviet Vessels -- Notes -- F Other Freedoms -- G Due Regard to Interests of Other States -- Warning Areas -- Note -- Legality of Using the High Seas in Connection with Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Pacific Ocean -- Notes -- Nuclear Tests Case -- Notes -- H Reservation of the High Seas for Peaceful Purposes -- 1 The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis -- The Soviet Threat to the Americas -- Resolution of Council of the Organization of American States -- Notes -- 2 The 1982 Falkland/Malvinas War -- Amerada Hess Shipping Corp. v. Argentine Republic.

Notes -- Declaration of a Zone of Peace and Co-operation of the South Atlantic -- Notes -- 3 The 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War -- United Nations Security Council Resolution 552 -- Notes -- Oil Platforms Case -- Notes -- I Duty to Render Assistance -- Warshauer v. Lloyd Sabaudo, S.A. -- Notes -- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Rescue at Sea -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Nationality of Vessels -- A The Concept of Vessel Nationality -- The Virginius Incident -- Notes -- Case of the Muscat Dhows -- Notes -- Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization -- Notes -- The M/V Saiga (No. 2) Case -- Notes -- International Law Commission, Draft Articles on Diplomatic Protection -- Notes -- B Registration and Documentation -- The M/V Saiga (No. 2) Case -- The Grand Prince Case -- Notes -- Calvo, Le Droit International Théorique et Pratique -- Notes -- C What Is a Ship or Vessel? -- Stewart v. Dutra Construction Co. -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Jurisdiction of the Flag State -- A Flag State Obligations -- 1 International Maritime Organization Conventions and "Generally Accepted" International Regulations -- International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 -- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) -- International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) -- Notes -- 2 Updating IMO Conventions -- International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) -- Notes -- 3 Implementing Flag State Obligations -- International Maritime Organization (IMO) Code for the Implementation of Mandatory IMO Instruments -- Notes -- B Overview of Flag State Jurisdiction -- Note Verbale No. 10 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain to the Embassy of Canada -- Notes.

C Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision -- The S.S. Lotus -- Notes -- D Illegal Acts and Stateless Vessels -- 1 Piracy -- United States v. Dire -- Notes -- 2 Slavery -- Le Louis -- Notes -- 3 Illicit Drug Traffic -- United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances -- United States-United Kingdom Agreement to Facilitate the Interdiction of Vessels Suspected of Trafficking in Drugs -- Notes -- 4 Stateless Vessels -- United States Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act -- United States v. Pinto-Mejia -- Notes -- E United Nations Security Council Decisions, Threats to International Peace and Security, and the Interdiction of Vessels -- United Nations Charter -- Note -- United Nations Security Council Resolution 787 -- United Nations Security Council Resolution 820 -- Ebony Maritime SA and Loten Navigation Co. Ltd. v. Prefetto Della Provincia di Brindisi and Others -- Final Report of the Security Council Committee Established Pursuant to Resolution 724 -- Notes -- F Hot Pursuit -- Hot Pursuit -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Baselines -- A Normal Baseline -- United States v. California -- Notes -- B Straight Baselines -- Figure V.A Baselines -- Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries Case -- Notes -- Figure V.B Norway's Straight Baselines Under its 1935 Decree -- United States v. Louisiana -- Note -- United States Protest of Oman's Straight Baselines -- Figure V.C Oman's Straight Baselines -- Notes -- Case Concerning Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain -- Notes -- C Archipelagic Baselines -- Fiji's Archipelagic Baselines -- Figure V.D Fiji's Straight Archipelagic Baselines -- Notes -- Figure V.E China's Straight Baselines Claim around the Paracel Islands -- Chapter 6 Maritime Delimitation -- A Territorial Sea.

Agreement between the Kingdom of Belgium and the French Republic Concerning the Delimitation of the Territorial Sea -- Notes -- Figure VI.A Belgium-France Territorial Sea and Continental Shelf Delimitation -- B Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf -- Agreement between the Kingdom of Belgium and the French Republic Concerning the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf -- Notes -- North Sea Continental Shelf Cases -- Figure VI.B Negotiated Boundaries Following the ICJ's Decision in the North Sea Continental Shelf Cases -- Notes -- Continental Shelf Boundary Arbitration between France and the United Kingdom -- Figure VI.C France/United Kingdom Continental Shelf Delimitation -- Notes -- Tunisia/Libya Continental Shelf Case -- Notes -- Figure VI.D Tunisia/Libya Continental Shelf Delimitation -- Libya/Malta Continental Shelf Case -- Notes -- Figure VI.E Libya/Malta Continental Shelf Delimitation -- Case Concerning Delimitation of Maritime Areas (St. Pierre and Miquelon) -- Notes -- Figure VI.F Maritime Delimitation in the Canada/France Arbitration -- Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea -- Figure VI.G Romania v. Ukraine Maritime Delimitation -- Notes -- C Extended Continental Shelf -- Dispute Concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal -- Figure VI.H Bangladesh/Myanmar Maritime Delimitation -- Notes -- Chapter 7 Internal Waters and Ports -- A Access to Ports -- Netherlands-United States Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation -- Statute on the International Régime of Maritime Ports -- Notes -- Saudi Arabia v. Arabian American Oil Co. (Aramco) -- Notes -- Khedivial Line, S.A.E. v. Seafarers' International Union -- Notes -- Guangzhou Ocean Shipping Co. v. Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management -- Notes -- B Port State Jurisdiction оver Foreign Vessels While in Port.

The Schooner Exchange v. McFaddon -- Notes -- Wildenhus's Case -- Notes -- Benz v. Compania Naviera Hidalgo -- Notes -- Hellenic Lines Ltd. v. Rhoditis -- Notes -- Kate A. Hoff (United States) v. Mexico -- Notes -- C Enlarged Port State Jurisdiction -- United States v. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. -- Notes -- Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the [LOS Convention] Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks -- Notes -- Lee A. Kimball, Introductory Note on Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Caribbean Region -- Notes -- Chapter 8 Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, Straits, and Archipelagic Waters -- A The Territorial Sea -- 1 Status of the Territorial Sea -- Regina v. Keyn -- Notes -- 2 Innocent Passage and Jurisdiction over Passing Vessels -- Compañia de Navegación Nacional (Panama) v. United States -- Notes -- Declaration of People's Republic of China upon Ratification of the Law of the Sea Convention -- Uniform Interpretation of Rules of International Law Governing Innocent Passage -- Notes -- B Contiguous Zone -- Church v. Hubbart -- Note -- Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone -- Notes -- C Straits Used for International Navigation -- Corfu Channel Case -- Notes -- UNCLOS III Discussion of Straits Used for International Navigation -- Notes -- D Archipelagic Waters -- Adoption, Designation and Substitution of Archipelagic Sea Lanes -- Digest of United States Practice in International Law -- Notes -- Figure VIII.A Indonesia's Partial System of Archipelagic Sea Lanes -- Chapter 9 Exclusive Economic Zone -- A Early Developments -- Presidential Proclamation No. 2668 (Truman Proclamation Regarding Fisheries) -- Notes -- Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (United Kingdom v. Iceland) -- Notes.

B The Exclusive Economic Zone and Customary International Law.