This three-volume Manual on International Maritime Law presents a systematic analysis of the history and contemporary development of international maritime law by leading contributors from across the world. Prepared in cooperation with the International Maritime Law Institute, the International Maritime Organization's research and training institute, this a uniquely comprehensive study of this fundamental area of international law.Volume I: The Law of the Sea addresses the major issues which arise in the law of the sea. It provides a detailed understanding of the historical development of the law of the sea; the role of the International Maritime Organization; the law surrounding maritime zones; the legal regime of islands; the international sea-bed area; the legal regime governing marine scientific research; the rights and obligations of land-locked and geographically disadvantaged states; the legal regime ofArctic and Antarctic; and the settlements of disputes. This volume also considers the ways in which human rights and the law of the sea interact.The forthcoming Volume II will address shipping law; Volume III will provide analysis of marine environmental law and maritime security law. The full three-volume Manual will set out the entirety of international maritime law, re-stating and re-examining its fundamental principles, how it is enacted, and the issues that are shaping its future. It will be a superlative resource for those working with or studying this area of law.

Frank Wiswall, Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Riyaz Hamza: Introduction To The Manual: Historical Development Of International Maritime Law; 1 Robin Churchill: Internal Waters; 2 Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone; 3 Straits used for International Navigation; 4 Hiran Jayewardene: The Regime of Islands and Rocks; 5 Arif Havas Oegreseno: Archipelagic States; 6 Judge Anthony Lucky: Continental Shelf; 7 Umberto Leanza and Maria Cristina Caracciolo: Exclusive Economic Zone; 8 Giuseppe Cataldi and Gemma Andreone: Sui Generis Zones; 9 David Attard: High Seas; 10 Judge Helmut Tuerk: International Seabed Area; 11 Delimitation Of Maritime Boundaries; 12 Marine Living Resources; 13 Andree Kirchner and Iris Kirchner-Freis: Genetic Resources of the Sea; 14 Paul Gragl: Marine Scientific Research; 15 Judge James Kateka: Land-Locked and Geographically Disadvantaged States; 16 Tullio Scovazzi: Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage; 17 Judge Vladimir Golitsyn: The Legal Regime of the Arctic; 18 Federica Mucci and Fiammetta Borgia: The Legal Regime of the Antarctic; 19 Human Rights and the Law of the Sea; 20 Philippe Gautier: Settlement of Disputes; 21 Gaetano Librando: The Intenational Maritime Organization and the Law of the Sea; 22 Serguei Tarassenko and Vladimir Jares: The United Nations Division of Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea; 23 The International Court of Justice and the Law of the Sea; 24 Ximena Hinrichs: The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the Law of the Sea