The regulation of continental shelf development : rethinking international standards / edited by Myron H. Nordquist [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nordquist, Myron H.

University of Virginia. Center for Oceans Law and Policy. Conference 2012 : Halifax, N.S.)

Series:

Center for Oceans Law and Policy (Series) ; 17.

Center for Oceans Law and Policy ; volume 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Continental shelf--Law and legislation--Congresses.

Continental shelf.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The lack of international conventional law governing the operational aspects of continental shelf activity may be characterized as unfinished business of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Convention, adopted in 1982, generally addressed the issue but did not consider more detailed development of the legal regime for the continental shelf. In The Regulation of Continental Shelf Development: Rethinking International Standards , leading experts from around the world identify and explore a multitude of unresolved legal concerns related to the continental shelf. The current state of continental shelf activities is explored through the following lenses: • Contemporary uses, including an overview on offshore wind energy in the EU, an analysis of the use of submarine cables under UNCLOS, and a discussion of the varied potential for mining marine materials; • Emerging challenges, such as ISA seabed mining standards, the recent ITLOS decision regarding the Bay of Bengal, and the role of the IMO in establishing safety standards for transboundary effects of oil pollution for offshore platforms; • Comparative best practices in environmental regulation; • Probabilistic risk assessment, with a thorough definition of PRA and a critical examination of continental shelf disasters; • Decommissioning offshore installations and structures, including an overview of the global regime as particularly provided in Articles 60(3) and 80 of UNCLOS; • Liability and compensation; and finally, • Unfinished business on UNCLOS III. The varied voices of experts collected within The Regulation of Continental Shelf Development: Rethinking International Standards offer a timely understanding of past, present, and future issues related to the continental shelf. The volume is a must-read for all those interested in environmental law and the law of the sea.

Contents:

The continental shelf regime under the un convention on the law of the sea : reflections after thirty years / S. Jayakumar

Offshore wind energy development and ecosystem-based marine management in the eu: are the regulatory answers really blowing in the wind? / Ronan Long

Submarine cables on the continental shelf / Douglas R. Burnett

Mining for marine minerals / Georgy Cherkashov

International seabed authority mining standards / Michael W. Lodge

The continental shelf beyond 200 nm : a first look at the bay of bengal (bangladesh/myanmar) case / Ted L. McDorman

International standards for offshore drilling / J. Ashley Roach

Renewable energy and marine spatial planning : scientific and legal implications / Andreas Kannen, Hartwig Kremer, Kira Gee, & Marcus Lange

The legal framework for the regulation of safety and environmental issues on the outer continental shelf / Joanna Mossop

Offshore safety regimes - a contested terrain / Preben H. Lindoe & Ole A. Engen

Environmental regulation and probabilistic risk assessment / Martin G. Malsch

Disasters and the continental shelf : exploring new frontiers of risk / Bruce C. Glavovic

Global legal regime on the decommissioning of offshore installations and structures / Robert Beckman

Regional regulation of offshore oil and gas industry decommissioning by the ospar commission / David Johnson

The regime for liability and compensation for oil pollution damage from ships / Alfred Popp

Benefit and risk of the northern sea route to the north pacific / Sung-Woo Lee

Developing arctic hydrocarbon resources: delineating and delimiting boundaries for field development in the arctic / Timothy J. Tyler, James L. Loftis, Emilie E. Hawker, Hana V. Vizcarra, & M. Imad Khan

Completing the unfinished business of unclos iii / Brian Flemming

Comments on the unfinished business of unclos iii / John Norton Moore

Beyond the outer limit : 60-year reflections for a luncheon address / Edgar Gold.

Notes:

"The Regulation of Continental Shelf Development: Rethinking International Standards, is part of a series of publications on oceans law and policy associated with the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia School of law. This volume is based on presentations made June 20-23, 2012, at the Center's 36th annual Conference which was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The primary co-organizers of the Conference were the Virginia Center and the Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-25684-9

OCLC:

858762615

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004256842 DOI