• Scope of the book
• Early development of the subject 
• Sources of the modem law of the sea 
• Attempts at codification
• International organisations
• The present legal regime

2 Baselines

• Introduction
• The normal baseline
• Straight baselines
• Bays
• River mouths
• Harbour works
• Low-tide elevations
• Islands
• Reefs
• Charts and publicity
• Present-day customary international law relating to baselines
• Validity of baselines

3 Internal Waters

• Definition
• Legal status
• The right of access to ports and other internal waters
• Jurisdiction in internal waters

4 The Territorial Sea

• Development of the concept
• Legal status of the bed, subsoil and superjacent air space of the territorial sea
• The breadth of the territorial sea
• The right of innocent passage
• Rights and duties of the coastal State

5 Straits

• Definition
• The regime under customary law and the Territorial Sea Convention
• The regime under the Law of the Sea Convention
• The LOSC regime and customary law
• Special regimes

6 Archipelagos

• Development of a special regime for archipelagos
• Definition of an archipelago and an archipelagic State
• Archipelagic baselines
• Archipelagic waters
• Customary international law
• Conclusions

7 The Contiguous Zone

• Development of the concept
• Breadth of the contiguous zone
• Legal status of the contiguous zone

8 The Continental Shelf

• Introduction
• The legal status of the continental shelf
• The seaward limit of the continental shelf
• The continental shelves of islands
• The rights and duties of the coastal State
• Non-independent territories

9 The Exclusive Economic Zone

• Evolution of the EEZ
• Delimitation of the EEZ
• The legal status of the EEZ
• The rights and duties of the coastal State in the EEZ
• The rights and duties of other States in the EEZ
• Relationship between the rights of the coastal State and the rights of other States
• The attribution of other rights in the EEZ
• Significance of the EEZ

10 Delimitation Of Maritime Boundaries

• Introduction
• Territorial sea boundaries
• Continental shelf and EEZ boundaries
• State practice on delimitation
• Co-operative arrangements

11 High Seas

• Introduction
• Definition
• The legal status of the high seas
• Freedom of the high seas
• Jurisdiction on the high seas

12 The International Sea Bed Area

• Introduction
• The background to the Law of the Sea Convention provisions
• Resolutions I and II: preparatory investment protection
• The Reciprocating States Regime
• PrepCom, the LOSC regime and the 1994 Implementation Agreement
• Principles of the Law of the Sea Convention regime
• The International Sea Bed Authority
• The system of exploitation
• The common heritage

13 Navigation

• Introduction
• Nationality of ships
• Rights of navigation
• Safety of shipping
• Evaluation of IMO conventions
• Other IMO conventions

14 Fishing

• Background to the international law of fisheries
• International fisheries law prior to the mid-1970s
• Developments since the mid-1970s
• The fisheries regime of the EEZ
• The management of shared stocks
• The regulation of fishing on the high seas
• Straddling stocks
• Rules for particular species
• Conclusions