CHAPTER 1 LEGAL THEORY AND THE USES OF THE SEA

Physical Nature of the Oceans

The Seas in Ancient Times

Dominion Over the Seas

The Age of Mercantilism

Freedom of the Seas

The Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zones

The Hague Codification Conference(1930)

The Geneva Conventions of 1958

CHAPTER 2 INTERNATIONAL LAW AND NAVAL FORCES

Development of Navies

Laws of War

Neutral Rights

Prizes,Blockades,and Contraband

The Hague Peace Conferences and Declaration of London

Contraband

Two World Wars

Submarine Warfare

The United Nations Charter and War

Strategic Submarines and Ocean Space

International Straits

Archipelagic States

Neuclear Weapons and the Seabed

International Law At Sea Since 1950

CHAPTER 3 REGULATION OF THE WORLD MERCHANT MARINE

Development of Ocean Shipping

Early Maritime Law

Nationality of Vessels

Nineteenth Century Merchant Marine

Maritime Law Before World War Ⅱ

Twentieth Century Merchant Marine

International Organization for World Shipping

IMCO and Maritime Law

Carriage of Goods by Sea Convention(1978)

UNCTAD and Maritime Law

U.N.Law of the Sea Conferences

CHAPTER 4 CUSTOMARY AND TREATY LAW FOR FISHERIES

Early European Fisheries

Fisheries and Sovereignty of the Sea

From Bilateral to Multilateral Agreements

Conservation Measures before World War Ⅱ

The First and Second U.N.Law of the Sea Conference

Modern Fisheries

Extended Jurisdiction Over Fisheries

The Third U.N.Law of the Sea Conference

CHAPTER 5 EXPLOITATION OF THE SEABED UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW

Legal Status of the Seabed in the Nineteenth Century

The Petroleum Industry

Oil Statistics

The Continental Shelf

The Seabed beyond National Jurisdiction

The Third U.N.Law of the Sea Conference

The International Seabed Authority and the Enterprise

The Extended Continental Shelf

CHAPTER 6 LEGAL PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Pollution in the World Ocean

The Regulation of Marine Pollution

Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil

MARPOL 1973

Tanker Safety and Pollution Prevention Conference(1978)

Liability for Oil Spills

Third U.N.Law of the Sea Conference

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX