International straits: concept, classification and rules of passage

This book analyzes the regime of navigation in historical relation to the United Nations Convention of the Law of Sea (UNCLOS) of 10 December 1982, and then analyzes in detail the concept of international straits to arrive at a complete definition. This work examines the eight categories of straits laid out inthe UNCLOS. It analyzes the right of innocent passage and the regime of transit passage, both systems of navigation in international straits, and then presents the domestic legislation and the traffic separation schemes which apply to international straits. Finally, the work includes a complete catalogue of straits with the reference to their respective UNCLOS articles. Up-to-date and comprehensive monograph on the regime of navigation of international straits Identifis and classes each strait Includes the domestic legislation and the traffic separation schemes of the international straits INDICE: The First Steps in the Regulation of Passage Through the Straits: From Grotius to Pardo.- The Third Conference of the United Nations on the Law of the Sea or the Metamorphosis of Consensus.- The Definition of the 'Undefined' Straits Used for International Navigation.- The Standardised Catalogue of International Straits Presented in Part III of the 1982 United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea.- International Straits and the Right of Innocent Passage with no Possibility of Suspension.- The New Regime of Transit Passage Through International Straits.

• ISBN: 978-3-642-12905-6
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 250
• Fecha Publicación: 13/08/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés