Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Anastasia Strati , Maria Gavouneli and Nikolaos Skourtos -- Chapter 1. The Management of Shared Fish Stocks: the Neglected Other Paragraph of Article 63 of the Un Convention on the Law of the Sea / Robin R. Churchill -- Chapter 2. Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage: from the Shortcomings of the Un Convention on the Law of the Sea to the Compromises of the Unesco Convention / Anastasia Strati -- Comment the Contiguous Zone as a Mechanism for Protecting the Underwater Cultural Heritage / Petros Sioussiouras -- Chapter 3. Towards a World Protection Framework for the Marine Environment through the Promotion of International and Regional Cooperation under the Un Convention on the Law of the Sea / Grigoris Tsaltas -- Chapter 4. Protection of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Can International Law Meet the Challenge? / Nilufer Oral -- Chapter 5. New International Instruments for Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean Sea / Tullio Scovazzi -- Chapter 6. Intelligence Gathering on the High Seas / Petros Liacouras -- Chapter 7. Developments on the Interdiction of Vessels on the High Seas / Angelos M. Syrigos -- Chapter 8. From Uniformity to Fragmentation? the Ability of the Un Convention on the Law of the Sea to Accommodate New Uses and Challenges / Maria Gavouneli -- Chapter 9. The Role of the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in the Progressive Development of the Law of the Sea / Haritini Dipla -- Chapter 10. State Practice in the Aftermath of the Un Convention on the Law of the Sea: the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Mediterranean Sea / Budislav Vukas -- Comment Some Thoughts on the Concept of the Contiguous Zone and Its Potential Application to the Greek Seas / Aristotelis B. Alexopoulos -- Concluding Remarks / Argyris a. Fatouros -- Annexes / Anastasia Strati , Maria Gavouneli and Nikolaos Skourtos -- Index / Anastasia Strati , Maria Gavouneli and Nikolaos Skourtos.

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This work analyzes the management of shared fish stocks; protection of the underwater cultural heritage; the possibilities of establishing marine protected areas and other means for safeguarding vulnerable marine ecosystems; the use of the high seas for intelligence as well as recent developments on interdiction of vessels on the high seas. Special emphasis is paid to the role of international courts and tribunals in the progressive development of the law of the sea as well as the ability of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea to accommodate new uses and challenges, such as new concerns, new technological possibilities, in particular, new contexts and functions of established rules. The 1982 Convention seems capable of coping with most of them, although it remains useful to explore its possibilities and limits. This work, covering many aspects, will be useful to anyone interested in the law of the sea.