ABSTRACT
Studying the judicial settlement of the Aegean maritime disputes is meaningful as long as there is a real prospect for settlement on the basis of international law. There are various elements effecting such a prospect. Some of them are related to past and present relations between Greece and Turkey. Others are associated with the legal views of the two sides over the fundamentals of the disputed issues. This chapter focuses on these elements with a view that any real prospect could only emerge if there are positive improvements with regard to those elements that have so far hindered any judicial settlement of the Aegean maritime disputes. The chance of improvement in both mutual feelings and respective stances of the two sides is always possible, as is the prospect for a judicial settlement of the Aegean disputes. The prospect for a judicial settlement of the Aegean maritime disputes depends on whether the Aegean maritime disputes could be settled through negotiation initially.
