Module LAWM127 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
LAWM127: Law of the Sea
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some of the following topics:
- Ocean Law: Past, Present, and Future
- Sources, Actors and Institutions in the Law of the Sea
- Sovereign Rights and Responsibilities in Internal Waters, Territorial Sea, Archipelagic Waters, Contiguous Zone, and International Straits
- Sovereign Rights and Responsibilities in the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf
- The Juridical Nature of the High Seas and Deep Seabed
- Establishing Jurisdiction: Nationality, Registration, and Boundary Delimitation
- Procedural Law and Dispute Resolution
- Integrated Ocean Management
- Marine Environmental Law and the Protection of Biodiversity
- Marine Scientific Research and Bioprospecting
- Shipping, Mining, Cable and Pipelaying, and Construction
- Military Operations, Security, Crime, and Piracy
- Safety, Disasters, Salvage, and Underwater Cultural Heritage
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | 270 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 3 | 1 x 3-hour introductory lecture/seminar/workshop |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 27 | 9 x 3-hour student-led seminars, with facilitation and guidance by the lecturer |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 170 | 170 hours of independent study (including preparation for seminars and formative work) |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 100 | 100 hours of work on the summative assessment |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE - vle.exeter.ac.uk
- UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (http://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf)
- UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (http://www.un.org/depts/los/)
- Various Journals and Law Reports, e.g., International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law (http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/15718085), Ocean Development & International Law (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/uodl20/current), Marine Policy (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/marine-policy), International Law Studies (http://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/ils/), Tulane Maritime Law Journal (on HeinOnline), Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy (http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/24519391).
- ITLOS Case Reports (https://www.itlos.org/cases/list-of-cases/)
- ICJ Case Reports (http://www.icj-cij.org/en/list-of-all-cases)
- PCA Case Reports (https://pca-cpa.org/en/cases/)
- Nordquist, Nandan, and Rosenne (Eds), (2012), United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982: A Commentary, Vol I-VII and Supplementary Documents (http://0-referenceworks.brillonline.com.lib.exeter.ac.uk/browse/united-nations-convention-on-the-law-of-the-sea)
Other Learning Resources
- International Maritime Organization (http://www.imo.org/en/)
- UN FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Portal (http://www.fao.org/fishery/en)
- Convention on Biological Diversity Portal (https://www.cbd.int)
- UNESCO Underwater Cultural Heritage Portal (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/underwater-cultural-heritage/)
- Alexander Proelss (Ed), United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: A Commentary (Hart) 2017
- Jon van Dyke and Seoung-Yong Hong (Eds), Maritime Boundary Disputes, Settlement Processes, and the Law of the Sea (Brill) 2005
- Natalie Klein, Dispute Settlement in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (CUP) 2005
- James Kraska, Contemporary Maritime Piracy: International Law, Strategy, and Diplomacy at Sea (Praeger) 2011
- Natalie Klein, Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea (OUP) 2011
- Douglas Guilfoyle, Shipping Interdiction and the Law of the Sea (CUP) 2011
- Douglas Guilfoyle, Modern Piracy: Legal Challenges and Responses (Edward Elgar) 2013
- Sarah Dromgoole, Underwater Cultural Heritage and International Law (CUP) 2013
- Cameron Jefferies, Marine Mammal Conservation and the Law of the Sea (OUP) 2016
- Yoshifumi Tanaka, A Dual Approach to Ocean Governance: The Cases of Zonal and Integrated Management in International Law of the Sea (Routledge) 2009
- Elisabeth Mann Borgese, The Oceanic Circle: Governing the Seas as a Global Resource (United Nations University Press) 1988
- Pretty much all of the Brill ‘Publications on Ocean Development’ are very useful resources (see https://brill.com/view/serial/POOD). However, note, many of these are not available at Exeter’s library.
