Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-492) and index.

Preliminary Material / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Commentary on the Rules of the Tribunal / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Preamble / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Part I. Use of Terms / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Section A. The Tribunal / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Section B. The Seabed Disputes Chamber / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Section C. Special Chambers / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Section D. The Registry / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Section E. Internal Functioning of the Tribunal / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Section F. Official Languages / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Section A. General Provisions / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Section B. Proceedings before the Tribunal / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Section C. Incidental Proceedings / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Section D. Proceedings before Special Chambers / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Section E. Prompt Release of Vessels and Crews / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Section F. Proceedings in Contentious Cases before the Seabed Disputes Chamber / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Section G. Judgments, Interpretation and Revision / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Section H. Advisory Proceedings / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Annexes / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Annex I Statute of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Annex II International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Rules of the Tribunal / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Annex III International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Resolution on the Internal Judicial Practice of the Tribunal / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Annex IV International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Guidelines Concerning the Preparation and Presentation of Cases before the Tribunal / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- Bibliography / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- List of Cases / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier -- List of References to Articles of the Convention, Statute and Rules of the Tribunal, and Statute and Rules of the Icj / P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Ph. Gautier.

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The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, a judicial institution created by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, began its activities on 1 October 1996. Together with the Statute of the Tribunal (Annex VI to the Convention), the Rules of the Tribunal, adopted on 28 October 1997, govern the functioning of the Tribunal and the proceedings before it. The objective of this Commentary is to give to legal practitioners and academics a detailed analysis of the provisions contained in the Rules. In doing so, the contributors, who are Judges of the Tribunal or members of its Registry, paid particular attention to the practice and the jurisprudence of the Tribunal as well as to the corresponding provisions in the Rules of the International Court of Justice.