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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825418403321

Autore

Prescott J. R. V (John Robert Victor)

Titolo

The maritime political boundaries of the world / / Victor Prescott and Clive Schofield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : M. Nijhoff, c2005

ISBN

1-280-86703-5

9786610867035

1-4294-2720-5

90-474-0620-6

1-4337-0715-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (680 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchofieldClive H. <1969->

Disciplina

341.4/48

Soggetti

Economic zones (Law of the sea)

Territorial waters

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; 1. Introduction; 2. National and International Maritime Zones; 3. The Influence of Geographical Advantages and Disadvantages on Maritime claims; 4. Islands and Rocks; 5. Normal Baselines, Reefs and Low-Tide Elevations; 6. Bays, Mouths of Rivers, Ports and Roadsteads; 7. Straight Baselines; 8. Archipelagic Baselines and Navigation Rights Through Archipelagic Waters; 9. The Continental Margin; 10. The Delimitation of International Maritime Boundaries; 11. Maritime Boundary Disputes and Options for Dispute Resolution

12. International Maritime Boundaries: Technical and Practical Considerations 13. The Atlantic Ocean; 14. The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea; 15. The Baltic, North and Irish Seas; 16. The Mediterranean and Black Seas; 17. The Pacific Ocean excluding the Asian Rim; 18. The Asian Rim in the Pacific Ocean; 19. The Indian Ocean; 20. The Red Sea; 21. The Persian Gulf; 22. The Arctic Ocean and associated Seas; 23. Antarctica and the Southern Ocean; Tables; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the often vexed question of national maritime



claims and the delimitation of international maritime boundaries.