Introduction and general issues: the concept of the International Law of the Sea; historical development; sources of the law of the sea.
Legal regimes of different parts of the sea, the seabed and its subsoil: internal waters; territorial sea; archipelagic waters; contiguous zone; exclusive economic zone; continental shelf; highs seas; International Seabed Area; delimitation of maritime areas; specific and unresolved issues (Arctic, Antarctic, enclosed and semi-enclosed seas).
Exploration, exploitation and uses of the sea: navigation (in different maritime zones, straits and canals); fisheries (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, regional agreements, Adriatic Sea); mineral resource exploitation in the seabed (in maritime areas within national jurisdiction, deep seabed mining according to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea); marine scientific research; development and transfer of marine technology; status of land-locked and geographically disadvantaged states.
Protection and preservation of the marine environment: general law (basic principles, sources of pollution, adoption and enforcement of national and international rules); protection of regional seas (especially the Barcelona Convention on the Protection of the Mediterranean with additional protocols); protection of the Adriatic Sea.
Peace-time military activities at sea: the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and peace-time military activities; treaty-based limitations on military activities at sea.
Dispute settlement in the field of the international law of the sea: general international law; Geneva Conventions, 1958; regional arrangements; dispute settlement mechanism of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
International Law of the Sea
International Law of the Sea
Literature
MANDATORY LITERATURE
R. Churchill, V. Lowe, A. Sander, The Law of the Sea, 4th edn, Manchester University Press: 2022 (selected chapters)
RECOMMENDED LITERATURE
J. Barrett, R. Barnes (eds.); Law of the Sea: UNCLOS as a Living Treaty; British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London (2016)
B. Vukas; The Law of the Sea: Selected Writings; Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden (2004)
Y. Tanaka, The International Law of the Sea, Cambridge University Press: 2023
Learning outcomes
Identify historical processes regarding the development of the international law of the sea and name the sources of the international law of the sea.
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CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAM
1. Identify historical, political, economic, European, international and
other societal factors important for creation and application of the law.
2. Define basic concepts, institutes, basic doctrines and principles of
specific legal fields.
3. Explain position and significance of legal science towards other
scientific disciplines. -
COGNITIVE AREA OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Memorizing
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SKILLS
Skill of information management, logical argumentation with respecting
different opinions, learning skills. -
LEARNING CONTENT
Course chapters:
1. Introduction and general issues: the concept of the International
Law of the Sea
2. Historical development
3. Sources of the law of the sea
4. Codification of the law of the sea -
TEACHING METHODS
Lectures, work on legal texts, reading of literature.
Understand various legal regimes in the field of the international law of the sea, and realise that they are interrelated and form part of general public international law.
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CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAM
1. Identify historical, political, economic, European, international and
other societal factors important for creation and application of the law.
2. Define basic concepts, institutes, basic doctrines and principles of
specific legal fields.
3. Explain position and significance of legal science towards other
scientific disciplines. -
COGNITIVE AREA OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Understanding
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SKILLS
Skill of information management, logical argumentation with respecting
different opinions, learning skills. -
LEARNING CONTENT
Course chapters:
1. Legal regimes of different parts of the sea, the seabed and its
subsoil: internal waters; territorial sea; archipelagic waters;
contiguous zone; exclusive economic zone; continental shelf;
highs seas; International Seabed Area
2. Exploration, exploitation and uses of the sea: navigation (in
different maritime zones, straits and canals); fisheries (United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, regional
agreements, Adriatic Sea); mineral resource exploitation in
the seabed (in maritime areas within national jurisdiction,
deep seabed mining according to the UN Convention on the
Law of the Sea); marine scientific research; development and
transfer of marine technology
3. Status of land-locked and geographically disadvantaged states
4. Protection and preservation of the marine environment:
general law (basic principles, sources of pollution, adoption
and enforcement of national and international rules);
protection of regional seas (especially the Barcelona
Convention on the Protection of the Mediterranean with
additional protocols)
5. Protection of the Adriatic Sea -
TEACHING METHODS
Lectures, moderated discussion, work on legal texts, reading of literature.
Compare the legal concepts in the field of the international law of the sea, in particular with respect to the legal regimes applicable in the various maritime zones.
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CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAM
4. Classify and explain normative frame for the specific legal field.
13. Combine legal concepts and principles of contemporary legal system. -
COGNITIVE AREA OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Analysis
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SKILLS
Skill of information management, logical argumentation with respecting
different opinions, learning skills, skill of systemic usage of information,
skill of clear oral and written production. -
LEARNING CONTENT
Course chapters:
1. Legal regimes of different parts of the sea, the seabed and its
subsoil: internal waters; territorial sea; archipelagic waters;
contiguous zone; exclusive economic zone; continental shelf;
highs seas; International Seabed Area
2. Exploration, exploitation and uses of the sea: navigation (in
different maritime zones, straits and canals); fisheries (United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, regional
agreements, Adriatic Sea); mineral resource exploitation in
the seabed (in maritime areas within national jurisdiction,
deep seabed mining according to the UN Convention on the
Law of the Sea); marine scientific research; development and
transfer of marine technology
3. Protection and preservation of the marine environment:
general law (basic principles, sources of pollution, adoption
and enforcement of national and international rules);
protection of regional seas (especially the Barcelona
Convention on the Protection of the Mediterranean with
additional protocols)
4. Protection of the Adriatic Sea
5. Peace-time military activities at sea: the UN Convention on
the Law of the Sea and peace-time military activities; treatybased limitations on military activities at sea -
TEACHING METHODS
Lectures, moderated discussion, work on legal texts, reading of literature.
Apply norms of the international law of the sea to specific cases from state practice.
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CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAM
12. Asses legal doctrines and principles in dimensions of their
development and in relation to contemporary legal systems.
13. Combine legal concepts and principles of contemporary legal system. -
COGNITIVE AREA OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Application
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SKILLS
Skill of information management, logical argumentation with
respecting different opinions, skill of systemic
usage of information, skill of clear oral and written
production, skill of knowledge application. -
LEARNING CONTENT
Course chapters:
1. Exploration, exploitation and uses of the sea: navigation (in
different maritime zones, straits and canals); fisheries (United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, regional
agreements, Adriatic Sea); mineral resource exploitation in
the seabed (in maritime areas within national jurisdiction,
deep seabed mining according to the UN Convention on the
Law of the Sea); marine scientific research; development and
transfer of marine technology
2. Protection and preservation of the marine environment:
general law (basic principles, sources of pollution, adoption
and enforcement of national and international rules);
protection of regional seas (especially the Barcelona
Convention on the Protection of the Mediterranean with
additional protocols)
3. Protection of the Adriatic Sea
4. Peace-time military activities at sea: the UN Convention on
the Law of the Sea and peace-time military activities; treatybased limitations on military activities at sea
5. Dispute settlement in the field of the international law of the
sea: general international law; Geneva Conventions, 1958; regional arrangements; dispute settlement mechanism of the
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea -
TEACHING METHODS
Lectures, moderated discussion, work on legal texts, reading of literature.
Construe the interrelation between the various legal concepts in the subsystem of the law of the sea and their systemic embeddedness into public international law as a whole.
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CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAM
1. Identify historical, political, economic, European, international and
other societal factors important for creation and application of the law
4. Classify and explain normative frame for the specific legal field -
COGNITIVE AREA OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Synthesis
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SKILLS
Skill of information management, logical argumentation with
respecting different opinions, skill of systemic
usage of information, skill of clear oral and written
production, skill of knowledge application. -
LEARNING CONTENT
Course chapters:
1. Sources of the law of the sea
2. Legal regimes of different parts of the sea, the seabed and its
subsoil: internal waters; territorial sea; archipelagic waters;
contiguous zone; exclusive economic zone; continental shelf;
highs seas; International Seabed Area -
TEACHING METHODS
Lectures, moderated discussion, work on legal texts, reading of literature.