ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes the processes of determining maritime boundaries in the context of the evolving Law of the Sea. Since the sea covers over 70 percent of the earth's surface, anything to do with the sea is of immediate and general international and human and concern. The international treatment of the Law of the Sea during the 20th century falls into three fairly defined periods. The 1930 Hague Conference is notable for seeing the first attempts to define in treaty language the method of determining the outer limit of the territorial sea. The 1982 Convention has also introduced into modern diplomatic practice the problem of charting. When the Convention on the Continental Shelf was adopted in 1958, there were some who thought that the definition of the continental shelf contained in Article l was incorrect and would not stand the test of time.
