The Elgar companion to the law and practice of the International Maritime Organization / edited by Laura Carballo Piñeiro and Maximo Q. Mejia Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Carballo Piñeiro, Laura, editor.

Mejia, Maximo Q., Jr., editor.

Series:

Elgar Companions to the Law and Practice of the un Specialised Agencies Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freight and freightage.

Maritime law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2024]

Summary:

"This Companion sheds light on the law and practice of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which plays a key role in securing safe, secure, and efficient shipping on clean oceans. Considering core elements of IMO history, this insightful Companion delineates how the Organization has revitalized its law-making powers, encompassing an increasing number and range of maritime-related activities. Taking into account the perspectives of flag, port, seafaring, and ship-owning states, the chapters focus on areas of increasing concern such as compliance and enforcement, and ocean governance. Expert contributors critically examine the efforts made and limitations encountered by the IMO in contributing towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, exploring the potential for building a sustainable and inclusive maritime governance. Ultimately, this Companion showcases how the IMO evolved from an ostensibly consultative inter-governmental forum into an active global standards-setting organization. Comprehensive in scope, The Elgar Companion to the Law and Practice of the International Maritime Organization is an essential resource for students and scholars of public and private international law, transport law, and governance studies. Policymakers, legislators and practitioners working in international maritime law will also benefit from the broad coverage of legislation and policy issues"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Figures

Tables

Contributors

Preface

1. Introduction to the law and practice of the IMO

PART I The IMO as an international institution

2. Basic institutional features and activities of the IMO

3. IMO legal powers

4. The IMO and gender equality

PART II The IMO and law-making

5. Maritime law and governance

6. The IMO and treaties: appraisal of the IMO's contribution to future ocean governance

7. The role and function of soft law in the IMO Domain

PART III The IMO as an international actor

8. The IMO's Maritime Safety Committee

9. The role of the IMO in promoting maritime security

10. The role of the IMO in promoting environmental protection

11. The IMO and private law: bridging the public/private law divide by applying the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

12. The IMO and the human element

13. The IMO and the future of shipping

14. The IMO and the fisheries sector

PART IV The IMO and compliance

15. The IMO and the implementation of mandatory instruments

16. Implementation of IMO instruments from a flag state perspective

17. Implementation of IMO instruments from a port state perspective

18. The implementation of IMO instruments: perspectives from the Philippines as a seafarer-supplying state

19. Implementation of IMO instruments from a shipowning state perspective

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781802206883

1802206884