The Continental Shelf Delimitation Beyond 200 Nautical Miles
Towards A Common Approach to Maritime Boundary-Making

The legal practices and process of the delimitation of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles.

Xuexia Liao (Author)

9781108830133, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 21 October 2021

392 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.74 kg

'Given the deep analyses of the subject and the up-to-date evaluation of the jurisprudence and State practice, scholars and practitioners in the field will be greatly interested in this contribution to the literature. In sum, I highly recommend the [book].' Bjarni Már Magnússon, The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law

The Continental Shelf Delimitation Beyond 200 Nautical Miles provides an up-to-date and informed analysis of the now fast developing, yet confusing, field of the law of maritime delimitation. It examines the procedural matters in relation to the competence of international courts and tribunals in the light of the institutional framework of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and discusses the methodological questions arising out of the delimitation process. The book engages with the key concepts of maritime entitlement, delineation and delimitation with a view to developing a coherent and consistent approach to the delimitation of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles. Essentially, it argues that the delimitation of the continental shelf will be unified with existing maritime delimitation, and a common approach to maritime boundary-making within and beyond 200 nautical miles is likely to emerge.

List of Figures
Table of Cases
Table of Treaties
Abbreviations
1. Legal uncertainties in the continental shelf delimitation beyond 200 nm
Part I. Overlapping Entitlements to The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles: 2. Establishing the entitlement to the continental shelf beyond 200 nm
3. Defining overlapping entitlements to the continental shelf beyond 200 nm
4. Interaction between delineation and delimitation of the continental shelf beyond 200 nm
Part II. Delimitation Methodology for The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles: 5. Conceptual framework of delimitation methodology
6. Determination of the area of overlapping entitlements
7. Geomorphological and geological circumstances
8. Geographical circumstances
9. Towards a common approach to maritime delimitation within and beyond 200 nm
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Appendix 4
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: International organisations & institutions [LBBU], International environmental law [LBBP], Public international law [LBB], International relations [JPS]