Predictability and Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation

Yoshifumi Tanaka is Professor of Law at the University of Copenhagen.

Brief Contents

1. Preliminary Considerations
PART I
THE EVOLUTION OF THE LAW OF MARITIME DELIMITATION: OPPOSITION OF TWO BASIC APPROACHES
2. Law of Maritime Delimitation Prior to the 1958 Geneva Conventions: Emergence of Two Approaches
3. The 1958 Geneva Conventions and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
4. The Methodology of Maritime Delimitation in the Jurisprudence I: Continental Shelf Delimitation
5. The Methodology of Maritime Delimitation in the Jurisprudence II: Single/Coincident Maritime Boundaries

PART II
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE CASE LAW AND STATE PRACTICE
6. Predictability in the Law of Maritime Delimitation: The Applicability of the Equidistance Method at the First Stage of Delimitation
7. Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation I: Geographical Factors
8. Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation II: Non-Geographical Factors

PART III
BALANCE BETWEEN PREDICTABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY IN THE LAW OF MARITIME DELIMITATION
9. Legal Framework Reconciling Predictability and Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation
10. General Conclusion