Maritime Law

Unit I — Introduction to Maritime Law

Sources of Maritime Law · Custom · International conventions · Law-making treaties (Multilateral and bilateral) · Resolutions and recommendations of international organizations (IMO · International Seabed Authority, UNEP) · Decisions of courts (ICJ, international arbitration, national courts) · State practices

Unit II — Internal Waters & Territorial Waters

Internal Waters · Meaning · Maritime boundary · Baseline concept: Determination of baseline · Innocent passage: Scope of coastal state interference · Regime of maritime ports · 1. Port State jurisdiction (civil and criminal) · 2. Attachment and arrest of ships · 3. Access of foreign ships to ports · Territorial Waters · Concept and development · Width and conflicting claims of coastal states · Coastal state jurisdiction · Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

• The Law of the Sea: (Law of Sea Convention, 1982)
• Maritime Zones

Unit III — Continental Shelf & Maritime Boundary Delimitation

Continental] Shelf · Development of the concept · Coastal state claims: Legal basis · Nature of state rights · Width and limits · Jurisdiction over foreign ships · Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries · Opposite states · Adjacent states · Equitable doctrine · 4, Regional agreements

• Maritime Zones
• Delimitation of Adjacent and Opposite Maritime Boundaries

Unit IV — High Seas & International Fisheries

International Fisheries · Conflicting state claims · Migratory species · Marine mammals · Sedentary species V · Protection of endangered species · International cooperation for conservation · Optimum utilization and surplus sharing · Fisheries in high seas · High Seas · Access to high seas: Conflicts between maritime and landlocked states · Piracy · International Seabed Authority (Constitution, powers, jurisdiction) · Exploration and exploitation of seabed resources

• The Law of the Sea: (Law of Sea Convention, 1982)
• Concept of Common Heritage of Mankind‖ Relating to the Resources of International Sea-bed Area
• International Seabed Mining:-Parallel System of Mining

Unit V — Conservation & Exploitation of Maritime Resources

Conservation and Management of Maritime Resources · Living and non-living resources: Importance and kinds · Conservation and management · 1. Jurisdiction · 2. Problems · 3. Dispute settlement mechanisms · Exploitation of resources · Marine Pollution · Meaning, impact, and kinds · Accidents at sea · Control and enforcement