Tanaka - The International Law of the Sea

The International Law of the Sea

This new edition has been fully revised and updated to include contemporary issues of the international law of the sea in a systematic manner. It retains the clear chapter structure of the first edition, but has been expanded to include new material. A new concluding chapter has been added. Detailed footnotes and further reading sections, combined with illustrations and tables ensure understanding of the subject. By offering clarity of expression and academic rigour, The International Law of the Sea remains the best choice for students.

Yoshifumi Tanaka is Professor of International Law with specific focus on the law of the sea at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. He has taught International Law of the Sea at several different universities and has also published widely in this field.

The International Law of the Sea

Second Edition

Yoshifumi Tanaka

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law

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Yoshifumi Tanaka 2015

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First edition published 2012

Second edition published 2015

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Tanaka, Yoshifumi, author.

The international law of the sea / Yoshifumi Tanaka, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law Second edition.

pages cm

ISBN 978-1-107-08040-9 (Hardback) ISBN 978-1-107-43967-2 (Paperback)

1. Law of the sea. I. Title.

KZA1145.T36 2015

341.45dc23 2014043730

ISBN 978-1-107-08040-9 Hardback

ISBN 978-1-107-43967-2 Paperback

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Dedicated to my teachers,

Lucius Caflisch, Hugh Thirlway and Tetsuo Sato

The law of the sea is ever-expanding in nature and there have been several developments since the first edition of this book was published in 2012. In this second edition, all chapters were revised, updated and, where necessary, rewritten. The most obvious change is a new , Looking Ahead. In this chapter, I have attempted to provide a perspective on the future development of the law of the sea. It is hoped that readers of this book will also develop their own perspectives on the law.

The manuscript of this edition was completed in August 2014. All websites were current as of that date. Whilst major new decisions of international courts and tribunals delivered before that date have been incorporated in the book, the Request for an Advisory Opinion Submitted by the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) before ITLOS could not be examined in this edition because it was still pending when the manuscript was completed.

I am grateful to the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law, and its Library, for its support in the completion of the text of this book. I would also like to thank Sinad Moloney for her encouragement and Marta Walkowiak and Helen Francis at Cambridge University Press for their assistance.