MAF 610 - International Ocean Law, Prof. Fernando Moreno

Course Goals:

This course analyzes how international and municipal law deals with navigation, pollution, fisheries, and exploitation of natural resources and other uses of the ocean. In addition to jurisdictional issues, sources of international law and scientific research in ocean areas are examined.

Material:

1. Legal Introduction

2. Inland Waters and The Territorial Sea

3. The Contiguous Zone

4. The Continental Shelf

5. High Seas

6. Exclusive Economic Zone

7. Straits used for International Navigation

8. Transit Passage

9. Archipelagic States

10. The Area

Assignments:

Mid term Exam, Final Exam, Research Paper

Grades:

Mid Term 25%, Final 50%, Research Paper 25%

Textbook:

T.A. Clingan Jr., The Law of the Sea: Ocean Law and Policy, 1994 Edition.

Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, (1982)