Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Setting the Context -- The Continental Shelf Regime under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: Reflections after Thirty Years -- Part 1 Contemporary Uses of the Continental Shelf -- Offshore Wind Energy Development and Ecosystem-Based Marine Management in the EU: Are the Regulatory Answers Really Blowing in the Wind? -- Submarine Cables on the Continental Shelf -- Mining for Marine Minerals -- Part 2 Emerging Challenges to the Development of the Continental Shelf Regime -- International Seabed Authority Mining Standards -- The Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM: A First Look at the Bay of Bengal (Bangladesh/Myanmar) Case -- International Standards for Offshore Drilling -- Part 3 Comparative Best Practices in Environmental Regulation of Continental Shelf Activities -- Renewable Energy and Marine Spatial Planning: Scientific and Legal Implications -- The Legal Framework for the Regulation of Safety and Environmental Issues on the Outer Continental Shelf -- Offshore Safety Regimes-A Contested Terrain -- Part 4 Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Continental Shelf Development -- Environmental Regulation and Probabilistic Risk Assessment -- Disasters and the Continental Shelf: Exploring New Frontiers of Risk -- Part 5 Decommissioning of Offshore Installations and Structures -- Global Legal Regime on the Decommissioning of Offshore Installations and Structures -- Regional Regulation of Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Decommissioning by the OSPAR Commission -- Part 6 Liability and Compensation -- The Regime for Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage from Ships -- Benefit and Risk of the Northern Sea Route to the North Pacific -- Developing Arctic Hydrocarbon Resources: Delineating and Delimiting Boundaries for Field Development in the Arctic.

Part 7 Completing the Unfinished Business of UNCLOS III -- Completing the Unfinished Business of UNCLOS III -- Comments on the Unfinished Business of UNCLOS III -- Part 8 Special Presentation -- Beyond the Outer Limit: 60-Year Reflections for a Luncheon Address.