The legal regime of straits : contemporary challenges and solutions / Hugo Caminos, Vincent P. Cogliati-Bantz.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed Jan. 13, 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An account of the legal regime of straits and the allocation of rights and duties relating to transit passage.

Part I. Law of peace and law of war. Straits and the law of war -- Part II. Right of transit passage ratione loci : straits used for Iiternational navigation. Applicability of the right of transit passage under UNCLOS Part III : exclusions -- Applicability of the right of transit under Part III : straits used for international navigation defined -- Part III. Right of transit ratione materiae : definition of transit passage. Transit passage and other passage rights -- Transit passage defined -- Part IV. Allocation of jurisdiction over the right of transit passage and archipelagic sea lanes passage. Sovereignty of states bordering straits and archipelagic states -- Limitations to the sovereignty of states bordering straits and archipelagic states : rights and duties of coastal states -- Duties of ships and aircraft in transit -- Striking a balance between the sovereignty of states bordering straits and the right of transit -- Part V. International co-operation for the safety of navigation and the prevention, reduction and control of pollution in straits. Preliminary remarks and genesis of Article 43 of the UNCLOS -- Scope of Article 43 : interpretation and suggested implementation -- Co-operative schemes : the special case of the straits of Malacca and Singapore -- Part VI. Multiple regimes for straits? UNCLOS as general framework -- Marine protected areas -- Part VII. Conclusion. Straits and dispute settlement -- Transit passage and customary law -- Concluding remarks.

English.

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