Document Type
Book Chapter
Abstract
This paper provides a maritime jurisdictional overview, against which context the importance of islands is assessed. In the process, disputes over islands are high-lighted. The regime of islands in the contect of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea is then addressed. This is a significant issue, as the majority of potential maritime boundaries around the work remain undelimited, and disputes over islands frustrate or complicate access to and management of ocean resources.
RIS ID
26488
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Publication Details
Schofield, C. H. (2009). The trouble with Islands: the definition and role of Islands and rocks in maritime boundary delimitation. In S. Hong & J. Van Dyke (Eds.), Maritime Boundary Disputes, Settlement Processes, and the Law of the Sea (pp. 19-37). The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.