#territorial sea
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Maritime Security and the Legal Dichotomy of Armed Robbery and PiracyInternational Law · 2026-10-07An academic examination of the jurisdictional boundaries between piracy on the high seas and armed robbery within sovereign maritime zones under UNCLOS.
Delimitation of Territorial Sealaw of the seas · 2026-10-04The equidistance principle is a method used to delimit the territorial sea between states. This principle is based on the idea of equal distance from the coastl
Safeguard of Maritime Commerce: The Legal Framework Governing Innocent Passage, Operational Restrictions, and Coastal State Interventionslaw of the seas · 2026-10-03A comprehensive guide to the legal framework of innocent passage under UNCLOS, covering operational rules, vessel categories, coastal authority, and conditions 
Beyond the Coastline: Legal Breadth, Sovereign Power, and Limits in the Territorial Sealaw of the seas · 2026-10-19An in-depth analysis of the territorial sea under UNCLOS, examining the 12-nautical-mile limit, the scope of coastal state sovereignty, and the legal balance of
Drawing the Line at Sea: Legal Frameworks and Geographic Criteria for Straight Baselines under UNCLOSlaw of the seas · 2026-10-03An in-depth analysis of straight baselines under UNCLOS Article 7, examining geographic criteria, the Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries case, excessive claims, and impaOverlapping claims to territorial sea in law of the sea and LOSCLaw of the sea · 2021-08-30Delimitation of the territorial sea between States with opposite or adjacent coasts
Where the coasts of two States are opposite or adjacent to each other, neithwhat is the deference between national and international maritime zones?Law of the sea · 2021-08-23The rights coastal states have in certain maritime zones, notably internal waters, the territorial sea and contiguous zone, affords them security in the face ofPractice on Provisional Arrangements in maritime Disputed Areas, JOINT DEVELOPMENT ZONES, Kuwait-Saudi Arabia casedisputes(cases and legal aspects) · 2021-04-18Practice on Provisional Arrangements in maritime Disputed Areas, JOINT DEVELOPMENT ZONES, Kuwait-Saudi Arabia case, Al Uqair Protocol of 1922, American IndependRecent Developments about piracy in law of the sea and customary international lawhigh seas and ocean legal aspects · 2021-04-16In general the difficulties created by recent incidents of piracy and violent acts against shipping have not been due to doubts or disagreement about the properThe Right of Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage based on law of the sea(and customary international law and LOSC)archipelagic state and archipelagic waters legal aspects · 2021-04-12The principal elements of the right of archipelagic sea lanes passage can be summarised:
(i) As with the right of transit passage, the right of archipelagic pasThe Right of Innocent Passage Through Archipelagic Waters(in law of the sea, customary international law and LOSC)archipelagic state and archipelagic waters legal aspects · 2021-04-12The Right of Innocent Passage Through Archipelagic Waters(in law of the sea, customary international law and LOSC), delimitation of internal waters, Innocent Phow draw Archipelagic Baselines in the international law of the sea and LOSC?archipelagic state and archipelagic waters legal aspects · 2021-04-12Article 47(1) of the LOSC provides as follows :
An archipelagic State may draw straight archipelagic baselines joining the outermost points of the outermost islLegal Status of the Territorial Sea (international law of the sea, LOSC, cases)Law of the sea · 2021-04-10The territorial sea is a marine space under the territorial sovereignty of the coastal State up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles measured from baselinthe meaning of the Juridical Bays in the law of the sea and LOSCinternal waters and baseline legal aspects · 2021-04-10In this regard, the Arbitral Tribunal, in the 1910 North Atlantic Coast Fisheries case, stated:
the geographical character of a bay contains conditions which co