40 Years of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea : Assessment and Prospects / Tomasz Kamiński and Karol Karski.

Introdiction / Tomasz Kamiński and Karol Karski -- Part I. General remarks: 1. Anniversary of the UNCLOS or an Epitaph for Codification Conferences / Jerzy Menkes -- 2. International Law of the Sea in the Achievements of Professor Wojciech Góralczyk : Polish Delegate to the First and the Third UN Conferences on the Law of the Sea and to the Preparatory Commission for the International Seabed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea / Karol Karski -- Part II. Maritime areas and their delimination: 3. The Methodology of Maritime Delimitation-Achievements and Prospects / Marcin Kałduński -- 4. The Status of Straight Baselines and the so-called Creeping Jurisdiction of Coastal States. Some Remarks on the Means of Addressing Unjustified Maritime Claims / Tomasz Kamiński -- 5. The Antarctic Treaty-The Pearl in the Crown of the Law of Extraterritorial Space / Zdzisław Brodecki and Paweł Chyc -- 6. Insula in Mari Nata: A Problem of Ius Gentium That is Not Only Theoretical / Paweł Czubik -- 7. The Law of the Seabed 40 years after UNCLOS / Aldino Santos de Campos -- 8. The Process of Developing Maritime Spatial Plans of The Republic of Poland in the Context of Water Areas Under the UNCLOS Convention / Wojciech Zdanowicz -- Part III. UNCLOS in the jurisprudence of international and domestic bodies and courts: 9. Through the Lens of General International Rules. How did Judge Manfred Lachs Contribute to Developing the Law of the Sea? / Aleksander Gubrynowicz -- 10. The Role of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea / Stanisław Pawlak -- 11. Dispute Settlement Measures Guaranteed by the Convention on the Law of the Sea in the Practice of the Proceedings of the Russian Federation / Vita Czepek -- 12. Reception of ICJ Jurisprudence by Domestic Courts in the Field of International Law of The Sea / Oktawian Kuc -- 13. Article 235 of LOSC and the International Liability Regime for Oil Pollution Damage : Cracks in the System as Shown by Recent Case Law / Iva Tuhtan Grgić and Zuzanna Pepłowska-Dąbrowska -- Part IV. Protection of the marine environment: 14. Environmental Law of the Sea and Part XII of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea / Maja Seršić -- 15. Marine Mammals, the UNCLOS and the International Convention on the Regulation of Whaling : Too Little and too Unstructured, A Case study of Whaling / Małgosia Fitzmaurice -- 16. The Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction : A Treaty Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea? / Trpimir Mihael Šošić -- 17. The Vistula Spit Canal in the Light of the 'Rights of Nature' Concept and the Principle of Good Neighbourliness / Maciej Perkowski and Wojciech Zoń -- 18. Environmental Impact Assessment as a Mandatory Element of the Submarine Pipelines Laying Process, as Seen by the Baltic Sea Countries-Overview and Perspectives / Rafał Szewczyk -- Part V. Maritime security: 19. International Legal Aspects of Combating Maritime Terrorism. Notes de lege lata and de lege ferenda / Tomasz Aleksandrowicz -- 20. Counteracting Maritime Incidents of a Hybrid Nature in the Light of the UNCLOS Convention / Piotr Mickiewicz -- 21. Can Turkey Legally Close the Passage through Turkish Straits for Russian Warships due to Russian Military Aggression Against Ukraine? / Iryna Kozak-Balaniuk -- 22. Independent-Dependent States-Land-Locked States Right of Access to and from the Sea / Dejan Marolov -- 23. Maritime Disputes Involving Poland / Dariusz R. Bugajski -- Part VI. Maritime safety. 24. (R)evolution of Maritime Safety in IMO Conventions and UNCLOS / Justyna Nawrot -- 25. Some Legal Aspects of Satellite Navigation and Maritime Safety / Katarzyna Myszona-Kostrzewa -- 26. Defending the Fleet : Cybersecurity and Autonomous Ships / Barbara Stępień -- 27. Port Community System (PCS) as a Digital Platform for Autonomous Ships-A Polish Perspective / Marek Gróbarczyk -- 28. ACCESS DENIED - The COVID-19 Pandemic and Discretion of Port States to Decide on Access to a Port in the Light of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea : Legal and Economic Consequences / Magdalena Adamowicz and Beata Szymanowska.

This book discusses contemporary challenges within the law of the sea, a domain of international law extensively codified in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars in the field of the law of the sea, international relations and international law.

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