Maritime Delimitation as a Judicial Process

This book is for anyone interested in international law, from students to international judges. Complex ideas of maritime boundary delimitation are broken down to be understood by a wide audience, and to be applied in practice by those who deal with maritime boundaries in their professional life.

Maritime Delimitation as a Judicial Process is the first comprehensive analysis of judicial decisions, state practice and academic opinions on maritime boundary delimitation. For ease of reading and clarity, it follows this three-stage approach in its structure. Massimo Lando analyses the interaction between international tribunals and states in the development of the delimitation process, in order to explain rationally how a judicially-created approach to delimit maritime boundaries has been accepted by states. Pursuing a practical approach, this book identifies disputed points in maritime delimitation and proposes solutions which could be applied in future judicial disputes. In addition, the book engages with the underlying theories of maritime delimitation, including the relationship between delimitation and delineation, the effect of third states'' rights on delimitation, and the manner in which each stage of the process influences the other stages.