Law of the sea

What do you understand by the ‘Law of the Sea’ in Public International Law? Critically discuss the different principles, mechanisms of the Law of the Sea, and how they are applied. Law of the Sea The seas have long-standing recognition as routes linking all parts of the world and as a treasure full of resources. This has given significant rise to established rules. The Law of the Sea central principle is that Land rules over the Sea. A state will have the right on the sea, until a certain distance,

Law of the Seas Memo Marine Langreney History The freedom of the seas doctrine was created in the 17th century as a means to control rights over ocean space. The doctrine assigned national rights to areas controlled by limited belts, with the remaining being assigned as a public space, free to all nations. By the mid-20th century, technology became more advanced and the ocean’s resources became vulnerable to the innovations. Rising conflicts occurred over ocean reserves, from decreasing fish stocks

the four questions presented below: 1. What is the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over piracy? 2. To what extent may European nations claim jurisdiction over acts of piracy committed off the Horn of Africa? 3. What international law enforcement co-operation mechanisms exist to assist in the investigation and prosecution of piracy committed in waters off the Horn of piracy? How these mechanisms assist in the investigation and prosecution of piracy? 4. What barriers to successful

Rule of Law on Maritime Waters Thesis Statement: We should not allow china to stay in the West Philippine Sea because it stated in the Maritime law that all nation has right to protect their sovereignty to 200 nautical miles away. Problem: Should we allow china to stay in the West Philippines Sea? 1.Introduction 1.1 Rule of law that governs sovereign nations 1.2 Maritime entitlements 2.Rule of Law in the International Sphere 2.1 International Law 2.2 Invoking Rule of Law 3. Rule of Law on Maritime

1.3 PROGRESSION: Dating from 17th Century, the 'freedom of the seas ' concept was replaced by UNCLOS. The predominant influence of the concept got emerged between the first Hague Conference of 1899 to the end of the Cold war which established the regimes of naval warfare and others over time and then came the Jackson Hole Agreement. In the early 20th Century, Many nations wanted to extend national claims, the purpose being to include mineral resources, to provide the means to enforce pollution

Introduction International law sets out principles in respect to a state’s legal relationship with other states in many areas including transnational crimes, state boundaries, oceans, and world trade to name a few. Without international law, chaos and tension could develop. Disputes are unavoidable when there are overlapping jurisdictional claims over the sovereignty of a particular area. The recent escalation of tensions in the East and South China Seas has directed attention to the likelihood

Around the year 2015 China has started building artificial islands on disputed territory in the South China Sea for the purpose of resource mining, installment of surveillance and defensive infrastructures. Countries in the South China Sea that lay economic and territorial claims such as the Philippines, Malaysia, and Japan have expressed security concerns regarding China’s aggressive expansion unto territories such as the Spratyl Islands and Rubi Reef as China had increased security and surveillance

Summary: In this article, Eric Carl Link analyzes Jack London’s popular love story The Sea-Wolf. He argues that the ending isn’t as sentimental as it’s readers may think. Link suggests that London’s reason to writing this love story between characters Humphrey Van Weyden and Maud Brewster is that London was “working out some of the implications of an array of ideas informing the intellectual climate of his time” (Link 172). London is typically known for his adventure stories, but Link notes that

In the Western Pacific, the South China Sea is a global crossroads that holds strategic importance for many nations world wide. The South China Sea stretches from the Taiwan and Luzon Straits in the north to Indonesia and the Strait of Malacca in the south with Vietnam on the west and the Philippines and Borneo on the east. In total size, the South China Sea surpasses the Mediterranean Sea. However, unlike this Near-Eastern comparator, territorial disputes and conflicting claims threaten the movement

Pu & Johnston, 2014, 176). The assertive conduct of China can have an impact on the regional order and stability in South China Sea. The scholars have different views on the assertiveness of Chinese foreign policy (Chen et al., 2014, 176). The argument in favour of implementing assertive foreign policy affirms that China has good intentions regarding the South China Sea (Chen et al., 2014, 181). China is required to have an assertive conduct because a moderate approach would not bring regional stability