Postgraduate Module Descriptor


LAWM127: Law of the Sea

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

- *Donald Rothwell and Tim Stephens, The International Law of the Sea, 2nd Ed (Hart) 2016

- *Yoshifumi Tanaka, The International Law of the Sea, 2nd Ed (CUP) 2015

- R.R. Churchill & A.V. Lowe, The Law of the Sea, 3rd Ed (MUP) 1999

- Donald Rothwell, Alex Oude Elferink, Karen Scott and Tim Stephens (Eds), The Oxford Handbook of the Law of the Sea (OUP) 2015

- David Freestone, Richard Barnes and David Ong (Eds), The Law of the Sea: Progress and Prospects (OUP) 2006

- James Harrison, Saving the Oceans Through Law: The International Legal Framework for the Protection of the Marine Environment (OUP) 2017

- Rosemary Rayfuse (Ed), Research Handbook on International Marine Environmental Law (Edward Elgar) 2015

* - Given the research-led and inquiry-based nature of the course, you will be expected to conduct your own independent research on the seminar topics using a range of sources. However, to provide us all with a consistent foundation of understanding, it is suggested that you start each seminar’s reading with the relevant chapters in either Rothwell & Stephens’s book (Hart, 2016), or Tanaka’s book (CUP, 2015), both called ‘The International Law of the Sea’. While some copies are available in the library, it might therefore be prudent for you to purchase your own copy of one of them.