Myron H. Nordquist is the Associate Director and Editor of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, and Senior Fellow at the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. He is Editor-in-Chief of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982: a Commentary, the seven-volume “Virginia Commentary” series, plus a Supplementary Documents volume.John Norton Moore is the Walter L. Brown Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law where he directs the Center for Oceans Law and Policy. Among seven presidential appointments, he served as Chairman, NSC Interagency Task Force on the Law of the Sea; United States Ambassador and Deputy Special Representative of the President to the Law of the Sea Conference (1973-76); and was a Member of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere (1984-85).Ronán Long holds the Nippon Foundation Professorial Chair in Ocean Governance and the Law of the Sea at the World Maritime University and lectures on Ocean Governance, Law of the Sea and International Dispute Resolution and Diplomacy. He has also lectured at the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy and is a supervisor of advanced academic research under the United Nations - The Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship Programme.

• PrefaceJan EliassonAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart: Featured StudiesThe United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: One of the Greatest Achievements in the International Rule of LawJohn Norton MoorePart 1: Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea at the un1 Evolutionary Character of International and European Law: Linking Sustainability with Environmental Responsibility and Marine Ecosystem Restoration under the European Union’s Ocean Governance AgendaRonán Long2 The Common Heritage of Mankind in the Proposed Implementing AgreementDire Tladi3 Update on the bbnj NegotiationsJ. Ashley Roach4 Climate Change and the Oceans: Navigating Legal OrdersKaren N. ScottPart 2: The Area and the International Seabed Authority5 Exploration and Exploitation of Ocean Mineral Resources: The Role of Sponsoring StatesRena Lee6 unclos Article 82: A Review and the Hurdles to ImplementationWylie Spicer, Q.C. and Elizabeth McIsaac7 Fostering Technological Change for Sustainable Harvesting of Ocean Mineral Resources in a Volatile Global EnvironmentKris Van NijenPart 3: The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea8 itlos at Twenty: Reflections on Its Contribution to Dispute Settlement and the Rule of Law at SeaJin-Hyun Paik9 The Seabed Disputes Chamber: Moving ForwardFrida M. Armas-Pfirter10 Maritime Boundary Disputes and Compulsory Dispute Settlement: Recent Developments and Unresolved IssuesRobert Beckman and Christine SimPart 4: The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf11 Setting the Context: The Scientific Aspects of Article 76Larry Mayer and David Mosher12 Towards Establishing a Stable Regime for Seabed Jurisdiction: The Role of the CommissionHarald Brekke13 Revisiting the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf: “A Technical Body in a Political World”Ted L. McDorman14 Paragraph 5(a) of Annex i to the Rules of Procedure of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf: Solution to a Problem or Problem without a Solution?Alex Oude ElferinkPart 5: Sustainable Fisheries, Including UN Fish Stocks Agreement15 Sustainable Fisheries: The Legal Regime of the 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement and Its Contribution to Subsequent Developments Promoting Sustainable FisheriesAndré Tahindro16 Ocean Governance for Sustainable FisheriesStefaan Depypere17 The Importance of Marine Science in Sustainable Fisheries: The Role of the 1995 un Fish Stocks AgreementAlf Håkon HoelPart 6: Operational Implementation: Maritime Compliance and Enforcement18 Achieving Global Maritime Compliance through Regional CooperationAdmiral Charles D. Michel and Commander Scott Herman19 Turkey’s Maritime Compliance and Enforcement of International Law of the Sea, Particularly Irregular Migration in the Aegean Sea RegionHakan Karan20 Operating Unmanned Surface Vessels at Sea: Is International Law Ready for the Future?Anthony Morrison and Stuart Kaye21 China’s Maritime Law Enforcement Practice in the South China Sea: Challenges and ProspectsWu ShicunIndex