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The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles: Delineation, Delimitation and Dispute Settlement, written by Bjarni Már Magnússon

The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles: Delineation, Delimitation and Dispute... The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles: Delineation, Delimitation and Dispute Settlement (Leiden: brill|Nijhoff) 2015, isbn: 978-90-04-29683-1, hardbound, €145.00/us$167.00, pp. xiv + 319 incl. indexThis book addresses a very important topic at a time which is currently very much a ‘live’ issue in a number of cases before international courts and tribunals. This is both a help and a handicap. The work tends to be stronger on identifying the questions which need to be addressed than in offering clear answers to them. Given the difficulties of answering those questions, such caution is both understandable and appropriate, but it does mean that those hoping to find clear answers may be disappointed. What it does do, however, is set out in detail the range of issues which need to be addressed when considering the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles and so offers a very helpful template for engaging with the complexities of the topic.The first substantive chapter looks at the concept of the continental shelf, how it has developed over time and the problems associated with determining its outer limit in accordance with Article 76 of the Law of the Sea Convention. One of the key issues here is whether http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law Brill

The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles: Delineation, Delimitation and Dispute Settlement, written by Bjarni Már Magnússon

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0927-3522
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1571-8085
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10.1163/15718085-1232046
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The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles: Delineation, Delimitation and Dispute Settlement (Leiden: brill|Nijhoff) 2015, isbn: 978-90-04-29683-1, hardbound, €145.00/us$167.00, pp. xiv + 319 incl. indexThis book addresses a very important topic at a time which is currently very much a ‘live’ issue in a number of cases before international courts and tribunals. This is both a help and a handicap. The work tends to be stronger on identifying the questions which need to be addressed than in offering clear answers to them. Given the difficulties of answering those questions, such caution is both understandable and appropriate, but it does mean that those hoping to find clear answers may be disappointed. What it does do, however, is set out in detail the range of issues which need to be addressed when considering the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles and so offers a very helpful template for engaging with the complexities of the topic.The first substantive chapter looks at the concept of the continental shelf, how it has developed over time and the problems associated with determining its outer limit in accordance with Article 76 of the Law of the Sea Convention. One of the key issues here is whether

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The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law – Brill

Published: Sep 18, 2017

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