Law of the Sea and Maritime Boundaries
Can the Polar Code Save the Arctic?
Introduction
Elementi di diritto e geopolitica degli spazi marittimi
Law of the Sea, From Grotius to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Court of Justice of the European Union Rules on EU Institutional Prerogatives in ITLOS Advisory Opinion
The European Union (EU) is one of the world’s leading fishing powers and is party in its own right to several dozen multilateral, regional, and bilateral agreements on the management and conservation of fisheries, an area of exclusive EU competence under the common fisheries policy. [1] Absolute clarity regarding the prerogatives of the European institutions in the conduct of the EU’s external representation is therefore of fundamental importance for all concerned with legal proceedings in international courts and tribunals.
Freezing Out Noncompliant Ships: Why the Arctic Council Must Enforce the Polar Code
China's Shifting Sands in the Spratlys
Introduction
Since 2014 China has been constructing features atop seven coral reefs in the disputed Spratly/Nansha Islands of the South China Sea by dredging sand and coral from existing coral reefs. At last count China's new features total more than 2,000 acres.[1]