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Book SynopsisThe 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 the unresolved legal concerns related to the continental shelf. 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.
Trade ReviewOverall, The Regulation of Continental Shelf Development: Rethinking International Standards provides considerable food for thought for those wrestling with legal, scientific and policy issues associated with the exploitation of continental shelf resources. The book provides a lively, erudite, informed and informative commentary on the system of regulation underpinning these issues. As with its (now rather extensive set of) companion volumes in this popular series, this volume encompasses a range of papers and approaches. Some are relatively brief and conversational, others are extremely thorough and detailed; all are insightful and offer an interesting introduction and treatment of their constituent topics. As the Deepwater Horizon disaster attests, there remain considerable gaps in the legal regime governing the continental shelf, numerous legal approaches and philosophies and a considerable number of emerging industries and sectors for which there is a relatively limited degree of external oversight and regulation. These remain issues that will clearly require hardnegotiated solutions in the coming years. This comprehensive, helpful and highly informative collection nonetheless offers a valuable and highly recommended insight into current and future regulatory approaches. Dr Richard Caddell Institute of Shipping and Trade Law Swansea University The Journal of International Marine Law
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Setting the Context The Continental Shelf Regime under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: Reflections after Thirty Years S. Jayakumar Part 1: Contemporary Uses of the Continental Shelf Offshore Wind Energy Development and Ecosystem-based Marine Management in the EU: Are the Regulatory Answers Really Blowing in the Wind? Ronán Long Submarine Cables on the Continental Shelf Douglas R. Burnett Mining for Marine Minerals Georgy Cherkashov Part 2: Emerging Challenges to the Development of the Continental Shelf Regime 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 Part 3: Comparative Best Practices in Environmental Regulation of Continental Shelf Activities 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. Lindøe & Ole A. Engen Part 4: Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Continental Shelf Development Environmental Regulation and Probabilistic Risk Assessment Martin G. Malsch Disasters and the Continental Shelf: Exploring New Frontiers of Risk Bruce Glavovic Part 5: Decommissioning of Offshore Installations and Structures 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 Part 6: Liability and Compensation The Regime for Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage from Ships Alfred H. Popp Benefits 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 Part 7: REFLECTIONS ON the Unfinished Business of UNCLOS III Completing the Unfinished Business of UNCLOS III Brian Flemming Comments on the Unfinished Business of UNCLOS III John Norton Moore Epilogue Beyond the Outer Limit: 60-Year Reflections Edgar Gold
