Predictability and Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation Volume Second Edition

Preface to the Second Edition
Foreword to the First Edition
Acknowledgement
Brief Contents
Detailed Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Table of Cases
Table of Treaties and National Legislation
1. Preliminary Considerations
	I. Nature of the Problem
	II. Concept of Maritime Delimitation
2. Law of Maritime Delimitation Prior to the 1958 Geneva Conventions: Emergence of Two Approaches
	I. Five Principal Systems of Maritime Delimitation
	II. Discussion at The Hague Conference for the Codification of International Law in 1930
	III. Summary
3. The 1958 Geneva Conventions and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
	I. The 1958 Geneva Conventions
	II. The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
4. The Methodology of Maritime Delimitation in the Jurisprudence I: Continental Shelf Delimitation
	I. The North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (Federal Republic of Germany/Denmark, The Netherlands, ICJ, 1969)
	II. The Anglo-French Continental Shelf Case (France/United Kingdom, Arbitration, 1977)
	III. The Tunisia/Libya Case (ICJ, 1982)
	IV. The Libya/Malta Case (ICJ, 1985)
5. The Methodology of Maritime Delimitation in the Jurisprudence II: Single/Coincident Maritime Boundaries
	I. The Gulf of Maine Case (United States/Canada, ICJ, 1984)
	II. The Guinea/Guinea-Bissau Case (Arbitration, 1985)
	III. The St Pierre and Miquelon Case (France/Canada, Arbitration, 1992)
	IV. The Jan Mayen Case (Denmark v Norway, ICJ, 1993)
	V. The Eritrea/Yemen Case: the Second Stage (Arbitration, 1999)
	VI. The Qatar v Bahrain Case (Merits, ICJ, 2001)
	VII. The Cameroon v Nigeria Case (Merits, ICJ, 2002)
	VIII. The Barbados v Trinidad and Tobago case (Arbitration, 2006)
	IX. The Guyana v Suriname Case (Arbitration, 2007)
	X. The Nicaragua v Honduras Case (ICJ, 2007)
	XI. The Black Sea case (Romania v Ukraine, ICJ, 2009)
	XII. The Bangladesh/Myanmar Case (ITLOS, 2012)
	XIII. The Nicaragua v Colombia Case (Merits, ICJ, 2012)
	XIV. The Peru v Chile Case (ICJ, 2014)
	XV. The Bangladesh v India Case (Arbitration, 2014)
	XVI. The Croatia/Slovenia Case (Arbitration, 2017)
	XVII. The Ghana/Côte D'ivoire Case (ITLOS, 2017)
	XVIII. The Costa Rica v Nicaragua Case (ICJ, 2018)
	XIX. Analysis of Approaches to the Maritime Delimitation
6. Predictability in the Law of Maritime Delimitation: The Applicability of the Equidistance Method at the First Stage of Delimitation
	I. Method of Analysis
	II. Analysis of State Practice
	III. Interlinkage Between Legal Title and Method of Delimitation
7. Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation I: Geographical Factors
	I. Introduction
	II. Configuration of the Coast
	III. Proportionality
	IV. Presence of Islands
	V. Baselines and Base Points
	VI. Geological and Geomorphological Factors
	VII. The Presence of Third States
	VIII. Position of Land Boundary
	IX. Presence of Ice
	X. Conclusions
8. Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation II: Non-Geographical Factors
	I. Economic Factors
	II. Conduct of the Parties
	III. Historic Rights
	IV. Security Interests
	V. Navigational Interests
	VI. Environmental Factors
	VII. Traditional Livelihood
	VIII. Conclusions
9. Legal Framework Reconciling Predictability and Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation
	I. Tension Between Predictability and Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation
	II. General Observation
	III. Assessment of Relevant Circumstances
	IV. Problems With the Application of the Three-Stage Approach
	V. Conclusions
10. General Conclusion
Appendix
	I. Delimitation Of Territorial Sea
	II. Delimitation Of Continental Sea
	III. Single Maritime Boundaries
	IV. Treaties Which Established Separate Maritime Boundaries For the Seabed and the Superjacent Waters
	V. Treaties Which Fixed Tri-Junction
	VI. Special Types of Treaty Relating to Maritime Delimitation
Selected Bibliography
	I. The Case Law
	II. Documents and Collections
	III. Monographs and Articles
Index