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The 1982 Law of the Sea Convention at 30: Successes, Challenges and New Agendas xviii, 212 pp. Edition
Author(s): David Freestone
- Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff
- Publication Date: 23 Jan. 2013
- Edition: xviii, 212 pp.
- Language: English
- Print length: 230 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004245030
- ISBN-13: 9789004245037
Book Description
The 1982 Law of the Sea Convention at 30: Successes, Challenges and New Agendas xviii, 212 pp. Edition offers twenty essays by renowned Law of the Sea scholars, published to mark the 30th Anniversary of the adoption of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The book highlights some of the strengths of the legal regime established by the Convention, and reviews some of the more significant lacunae in the Convention regime. Recognizing the significant changes that have taken place in scientific knowledge and political agendas in the thirty years since 1982, it reviews the challenges that these new agendas pose to the Convention regime.
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About the Author
David Freestone is founding editor of the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law. He is former Deputy General Counsel/Senior Adviser at the World Bank. He holds an LLD from the University of Hull, where he was Professor of International Law.
