The Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs 2011-2013 (Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs Book 28)

In 2007, The International Max Planck Research School For Maritime Affairs Together With The International Tribunal For The Law Of The Sea (itlos), Both Based In Hamburg, Decided To Establish An Annual Lecture Series, The Hamburg Lectures On Maritime Affairs - Giving Distinguished Scholars And Practitioners The Opportunity To Present And Discuss Recent Developments In This Field. The Present Volume - The Third In The Series - Collects The Lectures Held Between 2011 And 2013 Inter Alia By Andrew Dickinson, Yvonne Marie Dutton, Bevan Marten, Andreas Maurer, Irini Papanicolopulu, Časlav Pejovic, Juan L. Pulido, Andrés Recalde Castells, Thomas J. Schoenbaum And Rüdiger Wolfrum Part I: The Hamburg Lectures 2011: Preservation Of The Marine Environment By Rüdiger Wolfrum -- An Evaluation Of The Rotterdam Rules By Thomas J. Schoenbaum -- Reflections On Spain’s Decision To Ratify The Rotterdam Rules By Andrés Recalde Castells -- Territory In The Rome I And Rome Ii Regulations By Andrew Dickinson -- Part Ii: The Hamburg Lectures 2012: Transnational Maritime Law By Andreas Maurer -- Jurisdiction Of States Over Persons At Sea: Principles, Issues, Consequences By Irini Papanicolopulu -- Current Issues Regarding The Delimitation Of The Outer Continental Shelf – A Panel Discussion In The International Tribunal For The Law Of The Sea (30 September 2012) By Chris Carleton, Philippe Gautier, Vladimir Golitsyn, Michael Lodge And Shunji Yanai -- Article 47(2) Of The Rotterdam Rules: The Solution Of Old Problems Or A New Confusion? By Časlav Pejović -- Cruise Ship Law By Juan L. Pulido -- Part Iii: The Hamburg Lectures 2013: Solas Article Vii And Pacific Island Passenger Services By Bevan Marten -- Gunslingers On The High Seas: A Call For Regulation By Yvonne M. Dutton. Edited By Jürgen Basedow, Ulrich Magnus, Rüdiger Wolfrum. Front Matter....Pages i-x Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Preservation of the Marine Environment....Pages 3-19 An Evaluation of the Rotterdam Rules....Pages 21-43 Reflections on Spain’s Decision to Ratify the Rotterdam Rules....Pages 45-68 Territory in the Rome I and Rome II Regulations....Pages 69-125 Front Matter....Pages 127-127 Transnational Maritime Law....Pages 129-146 Jurisdiction of States over Persons at Sea: Principles, Issues, Consequences....Pages 147-160 Current Issues Regarding the Delimitation of the Outer Continental Shelf: A Panel Discussion in the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (30 September 2012)....Pages 161-176 Article 47(2) of the Rotterdam Rules: The Solution of Old Problems or a New Confusion?....Pages 177-197 Cruise Ship Law....Pages 199-238 Front Matter....Pages 239-239 SOLAS Article VII and Pacific Island Passenger Services....Pages 241-249 Gunslingers on the High Seas: A Call for Regulation....Pages 251-300 Back Matter....Pages 301-302 In 2007, the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs together with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), both based in Hamburg, decided to establish an annual lecture series, the "Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs" - giving distinguished scholars and practitioners the opportunity to present and discuss recent developments in this field. The present volume - the third in the series - collects the lectures held between 2011 and 2013 inter alia by Andrew Dickinson, Yvonne Marie Dutton, Bevan Marten, Andreas Maurer, Irini Papanicolopulu, ♯laslav Pejovic, Juan L. Pulido, Andr©♭s Recalde Castells, Thomas J. Schoenbaum and R©ơdiger Wolfrum Preface; Contents; Contributors; Part I: The Hamburg Lectures 2011; Preservation of the Marine Environment; I. Introduction; 1. The Development of Marine Environmental Law; 2. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea as the Basic Legal Framework for Marine Protection; II. Conservation, Management and Utilization of Living Resources; 1. Introduction; 2. The Conventions Fisheries Regime; a) Territorial Sea; b) Exclusive Economic Zones; c) High Seas; 3. Common Management of Natural Resources; a) The Straddling Stocks Agreement; b) Regional Fisheries Organizations; 4. Marine Mammals II. Where Do the Rome Regulations Apply?1. Which Member States Are Bound by the Rome Regulations?; 2. Where, Within Those Member States, Do the Rome Regulations Apply?; 3. Where, for These Purposes, is the Potential ``Application of the Regulation to Be Located?; III. Are There Any Territorial or Geographical Limits on the Situations Falling Within the Material Scope of the Rome Regulati ... ; IV. What Do the Regulations Mean When They Refer to ``the Law of the Country?; 1. Introduction; 2. The Meaning of ``Country in the Rome I and Rome II Regulations; 3. The Concept of a ``State Reflections on Spains Decision to Ratify the Rotterdam RulesI. Spain and the Uniform Regulation of Contracts for the Carriage of Goods by Sea; II. Origins, Aims and Achievements of the Rotterdam Rules; III. Complexity and Length as Characteristics of the Rotterdam Rules; IV. Main Features of the Rotterdam Rules; 1. Mandatory or Voluntary Application of the Rotterdam Rules: The Case of Multimodal Transport and Volume Contracts; 2. New Rules on Carriers Liability; a) Period of Liability; b) Basis of Liability; c) Limits of Liability; 3. Transport Documents; a) General Patterns B) Transport Documents and Scope of Application of the Rotterdam Rulesc) New Issues in Transport Document Regulation; d) Concept of Transport Document; (1) Evidentiary Effect; (2) Types of Transport Documents; (a) Electronic Records; (b) Transport Documents and Electronic Documents can be Negotiable or Non-negotiable; (3) Right of Control; (4) Transfer of Rights; 4. Shippers Obligations and Liability; 5. Jurisdiction; V. Conclusions; 1. General Patterns; 2. The Sense and Aim of Spains Ratification; Territory in the Rome I and Rome II Regulations; I. Introduction 5. Protection of BiodiversityIII. Protection Against Pollution; 1. Land-Based Pollution and Coastal Areas; 2. Pollution From Ships; 3. Dumping; 4. Seabed Mining; 5. Pollution From the Atmosphere; IV. Marine Protected Areas; 1. Introduction; 2. UNEPs Regional Seas Programs; V. Conclusions; An Evaluation of the Rotterdam Rules; I. Introduction; II. Scope of Application of the Rotterdam Rules; III. Multimodal Aspects; IV. Transport Documents; V. Carriers Liabilities; VI. Obligations of Shippers; VII. Filing Suit: Jurisdiction and Arbitration; VIII. Conclusions 4. A ``Territorial Unit With ``Its Own Rules of Law