Pursuant to the earlier topic of Introduction to Maritime Law in Malaysia, published on 22 February 2021, in the coming series the basis and elements of International Laws of The Sea, will be explored. Rights of coastal states and other states in the continental shelf Rights of coastal states Coastal states have exclusive sovereign rights…

Pursuant to the earlier topic of Introduction to Maritime Law in Malaysia, published on 22 February 2021, in the coming series the basis and elements of International Laws of The Sea, will be explored. Definition and method of drawing the limits of the continental shelf Evolution of the continental shelf as a legal concept The…

Pursuant to the earlier topic of Introduction to Maritime Law in Malaysia, published on 22 February 2021, in the coming series the basis and elements of International Laws of The Sea, will be explored. Contiguous zone Development of the concept of a contiguous zone When states began to make extensive claims for a territorial sea…

Pursuant to the earlier topic of Introduction to Maritime Law in Malaysia, published on 22 February 2021, in the coming series the basis and elements of International Laws of The Sea, will be explored. Right of innocent and transit passage Nature and meaning of innocent passage The 1982 Convention defines the meaning of passage itself…

Pursuant to the earlier topic of Introduction to Maritime Law in Malaysia, published on 22 February 2021, in the coming series the basis and elements of International Laws of The Sea, will be explored. Territorial sea Concept of a territorial sea The concept of a territorial sea has a long history. Those who opposed the…

Pursuant to the earlier topic of Introduction to Maritime Law in Malaysia, published on 22 February 2021, in the coming series the basis and elements of International Laws of The Sea, will be explored. Law on drawing baselines Background to the law The seas and oceans of the world had long been subject to the…

Pursuant to the earlier topic of Introduction to Maritime Law in Malaysia, published on 22 February 2021, in the coming series the basis and elements of International Laws of The Sea, will be explored. Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) Second UN Conference on the Law of the Sea Since…

Pursuant to the earlier topic of Introduction to Maritime Law in Malaysia, published on 22 February 2021, in the coming series the basis and elements of International Laws of The Sea, will be explored. Four Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea of 1958 Four Conventions Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous…

Pursuant to the earlier topic of Introduction to Maritime Law in Malaysia, published on 22 February 2021, in the coming series the basis and elements of International Laws of The Sea, will be explored. First UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS I) Aftermath of the Second World War The conduct of the…

Pursuant to the earlier topic of Introduction to Maritime Law in Malaysia, published on 22 February 2021, in the coming series the basis and elements of International Law of The Sea, as restated by Chakaravarthi Thillainathan, will be explored in the following 16 parts. Pre-UN development of the law of the sea Introduction We know…