The regulation of continental shelf development
Subtitle: rethinking international standards
By: edited by Myron H. Nordquist, John Norton Moore, Aldo Chircop, Ronan Long
Contributors: University of Virginia. Center for Oceans Law and Policy. Conference
Series: Center for Oceans Law and Policy -- volume 17
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers; BRILL
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9789004256835; 9789004256842
Subjects: Continental shelf; Congresses; Law and legislation
Description: The lack of international conventional law governing the operational aspects of continental shelf activity may be characterized as unfinished business of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Convention, adopted in 1982, generally addressed the issue but did not consider more detailed development of the legal regime for the continental shelf. In The Regulation of Continental Shelf Development: Rethinking International Standards, leading experts from around the world identify and explore a multitude of the unresolved legal concerns related to the continental shelf. The varied voices of e.
Notes: "Based on presentations made June 20-23, 2012, at the Center's 36th annual Conference which was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The primary co-organizers of the Conference were the Virginia Center and the Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University"--Page v.
Table of contents: title: The continental shelf regime under the un convention on the law of the sea : reflections after thirty years / S. Jayakumar; title: Offshore wind energy development and ecosystem-based marine management in the eu: are the regulatory answers really blowing in the wind? / Ronan Long; title: Submarine cables on the continental shelf / Douglas R. Burnett; title: Mining for marine minerals / Georgy Cherkashov; title: International seabed authority mining standards / Michael W. Lodge; title: The continental shelf beyond 200 nm : a first look at the bay of bengal (bangladesh/myanmar) case / Ted L. McDorman; title: International standards for offshore drilling / J. Ashley Roach; title: Renewable energy and marine spatial planning : scientific and legal implications / Andreas Kannen, Hartwig Kremer, Kira Gee, & Marcus Lange; title: The legal framework for the regulation of safety and environmental issues on the outer continental shelf / Joanna Mossop; title: Offshore safety regimes - a contested terrain / Preben H. Lindoe & Ole A. Engen; title: Environmental regulation and probabilistic risk assessment / Martin G. Malsch; title: Disasters and the continental shelf : exploring new frontiers of risk / Bruce C. Glavovic; title: Global legal regime on the decommissioning of offshore installations and structures / Robert Beckman; title: Regional regulation of offshore oil and gas industry decommissioning by the ospar commission / David Johnson; title: The regime for liability and compensation for oil pollution damage from ships / Alfred Popp; title: Benefit and risk of the northern sea route to the north pacific / Sung-Woo Lee; title: Developing arctic hydrocarbon resources: delineating and delimiting boundaries for field development in the arctic / Timothy J. Tyler, James L. Loftis, Emilie E. Hawker, Hana V. Vizcarra, & M. Imad Khan; title: Completing the unfinished business of unclos iii / Brian Flemming; title: Comments on the unfinished business of unclos iii / John Norton Moore; title: Beyond the outer limit : 60-year reflections for a luncheon address / Edgar Gold.