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The Law of the Sea Convention: US Accession and Globalization, provides valuable insight into a number of contemporary and pressing issues concerning the world’s oceans and their management . Brought together at the 34th Annual Conference of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia School of Law (COLP), Part l reports on the work of international experts which considers the impact of the lack of US participation in UNCLOS, evaluating topics such as energy and economic development as well as ramifications for U.S. national security and navigational rights. The second section examines key trends in commercial shipping, piracy and terrorism, islands and rocks, safety and navigational freedom, marine scientific research, and emerging global oceans policy issues. Presented by a diverse group of leading academics and policy makers, the work included in Part ll brings together the results of an international meeting co-sponsored by the Korea Maritime Institute, the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea and COLP. Collectively, the work included in this important volume contributes to the existing literature and will be of interest to scholars, practitioners and the policy community.
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The Law of the Sea Convention Center for Oceans Law and Policy Series Editors Myron H. Nordquist John Norton Moore VOLUME 15 For a full list of titles, see www.brill.nl/publications/center-oceans-law-and-policy The Law of the Sea Convention US Accession and Globalization Edited by Myron H. Nordquist, John Norton Moore, Alfred H. A. Soons, Hak-So Kim Leiden • boston 2012 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Law of the Sea Convention : US accession and globalization / edited by Myron H. Nordquist . . . [et al.]. p. cm. – (Center for Oceans Law and Policy ; 15) “Brought together on the occasion of the 34th Annual Conference of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia School of Law (COLP)” – CIP galley. ISBN 978-90-04-20136-1 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982) – Congresses. 2. Law of the sea – Congresses. 3. Law of the sea – United States – Congresses. I. Nordquist, Myron H. KZA1120.3.L395 2012 341.4’5 – dc23 2011053215 ISBN: 978 90 04 20136 1 (hardback) ISBN: 978 90 04 20232 0 (e-book) Copyright 2012 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Global Oriental, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers and Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. WASHINGTON PAPERS The Law of the Sea Convention: US Accession and Globalization is part of a series of publications on oceans law and policy associated with the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia School of Law. Part I of this volume is based on presentations made May 20–21, 2010, at the Center’s 34th Annual Conference, “United States Interests in Prompt Adherence to the Law of the Sea Convention” which was held in Washington, DC. Part II of this volume is based on presentations made at the conference “Globalization and the Law of the Sea” co-sponsored by the Korea Maritime Institute and the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea in conjunc