ABSTRACT

First published in 1990, Neptune’s Domain is organized around one unifying theme: the geographic aspects of the new Law of the Sea as expressed primarily in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The first two chapters provide essential background information. Chapters 3 through 9 explain relevant provisions of the Convention. The next two chapters cover topics excluded from the Convention, and the last three chapters are more analytical and future-oriented. All students and scholars concerned with the human use of the marine environment will welcome this book, whether they be geographers, political scientists or lawyers.

chapter 1|7 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|10 pages

UNCLOS III

chapter 3|17 pages

Maritime zones

chapter 4|9 pages

Limits in the sea

chapter 5|10 pages

Special zones and regimes

chapter 6|10 pages

Land-locked States

chapter 7|14 pages

Protecting and preserving Neptune's domain

chapter 8|7 pages

Marine scientific research

chapter 10|11 pages

The polar seas

chapter 11|7 pages

Military uses of the sea

chapter 12|11 pages

Regional arrangements in marine affairs

chapter 13|10 pages

The future political geography of the sea

chapter 14|4 pages

We are the stewards of Neptune's Domain