Dispute resolution in the law of the sea / Igor V. Karaman.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral) -- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Dispute Settlement under the Law of the Sea Convention: -- Prompt Release of Vessels and/or Their Crews -- Provisional Measures -- The Convention in Practice: -- The Convention and Its Dispute Settlement in the Context of General International Law -- General Conclusions -- Annex I The Law of the Sea Disputes and Situations Potentially Leading to Disputes, and Various Means of Their Resolution After 16 November 1994 -- Annex II Maritime Delimitation Agreements and Provisional Arrangements Negotiated after 16 November 1994 -- Sources and Bibliography -- Index.

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The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea has been frequently referred to as the ‘constitution for the oceans’ and as one of the most important events in the history of modern international law. Representing one of the treaties most widely accepted by the international community, the adoption of the Convention had a long and difficult passage, explained in part by the varied and often irreconcilable interests at stake during the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. In this context, one of the primary merits of the Convention is its successful accommodation of the interests involved, an accomplishment which has contributed to the view that the Convention constitutes one of the major compromises in the history of international treaty law-making. A detailed dispute settlement system represents a significant achievement of the Convention, an aspect on which Dispute Resolution in the Law of the Sea focuses. The book aims at examining the resolution of disputes which have emerged since the Convention’s entry into force and at analyzing the role of compulsory procedures entailing binding decisions through the prism of general international law and jurisprudence. An overall evaluation of the effectiveness of the functioning of the dispute settlement system under the Convention is presented and annexes offer a compendium of the LOSC-related disputes together with various means involved in their resolution as well as maritime delimitation agreements and the provisional arrangements negotiated by States.