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

A nuanced analysis of the delimitation of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles between coastal States for students, scholars, and practitioners of the law of the sea. This book focuses on procedural and methodological questions arising out of the delimitation process before international courts and tribunals.

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.