General description
Inputs:
This module avails studying the international law of seas as a branch of international law, and shows the development of its rules. It identifies legal systems of maritime areas within and beyond territorial jurisdiction.
Outputs:
To enable the student be familiar with topics of the international law of seas define its denotations and show its sources, rules, and features, not to mention the most important complications related to territorial jurisdiction over various maritime areas.
It also allows knowing main divisions of seas whether within or beyond territorial jurisdiction, thus it is subject to various arrangements defined by international law of seas rules.
Topics:
• The essence of the international law of seas
• Introduction
• Sources
• International law of seas development
• International law of seas nature
• International law of seas divisions
• Maritime areas subject to territorial jurisdiction
• Internal waters
• Coastal waters
• Contiguous zone
• Pure economical zone
• Continental drift
• archipelagic waters
• Gulfs
• Sea channels
• Maritime area beyond territorial jurisdiction
• High sea
• Mutual humanitarian heritage zone