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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783454703321

Autore

Uprety Kishor <1958->

Titolo

The transit regime for landlocked states : : international law and development perspectives / / Kishor Uprety

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2006

ISBN

1-280-28063-8

9786610280636

0-8213-6300-X

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 204 pages ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Law, justice, and development

Disciplina

341.26

Soggetti

Landlocked states

Access to the sea (International law)

Transit by land (International law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Tables; Cases Cited; Foreword; Abstract; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; PART ONE General Overview; Chapter 1 Introduction, Characteristics, and Scope; List of Tables; Table 1.1 Landlocked Countries and Transshipping Points; Table 1.2 Main Access to the Sea for Least Developed Landlocked Countries; Table 1.3 Intraregional Trade of Landlocked Developing Countries, 1998 and 1999: Proportion of Total Exports and Imports Whose Destinations and Sources Are Within the Same Region or Continent; PART TWO Theoretical Bases

Chapter 2 Principles, Doctrines, and Theories Influencing the Right of Access to the SeaPART THREE Evolution of the Regime; Chapter 3 Evolution of International Law; Chapter 4 Influence of International Law on State Practice; Chapter 5 "Soft" Instruments and Specific Initiatives: Variation in Themes; PART FOUR Conclusion; Chapter 6 A Better Future for All; Select Bibliography; Appendix One: Convention and Statute on the Regime of Navigable Waterways of International Concern; Appendix Two: United Nations Conference on Transit Trade of Land-Locked Countries

Appendix Three: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea



(UNCLOS III): Part X-Right of Access of Land-Locked States to and from the Sea and Freedom of TransitIndex

Sommario/riassunto

""The Transit Regime for Landlocked States"" assesses the strengths and limits of existing international law related to the free access of landlocked states to and from the sea. The book analyzes whether the provisions of international law satisfy the economic demands of landlocked states, the majority of which are among the world's poorest nations. The book reviews the several principles of international law that dominated the evolution of the rights of access. It discusses both general and specific conventions, as well as treaty regimes emanating therefrom, and examines some restrictions imp