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| Foreword |
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| Preface |
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1 Legal Uncertainties in the Continental Shelf Delimitation beyond 200 NM |
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1 | (12) |
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I Seaward Extension and its Unfolding Challenges |
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1 | (5) |
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II Uncertainties in the Current Development of the Jurisprudence |
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6 | (3) |
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III Structure of the Book |
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9 | (4) |
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PART I Overlapping Entitlements to the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles |
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13 | (148) |
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2 Establishing the Entitlement to the Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM |
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15 | (36) |
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I Definitions of the Continental Shelf: Between Science and Law |
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15 | (7) |
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II The Notion of Natural Prolongation |
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22 | (16) |
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A Natural Prolongation in Judicial Decisions Prior to the Entry into Force of UNCLOS |
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24 | (1) |
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1 Natural Prolongation in the Legal Sense |
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24 | (2) |
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2 Natural Prolongation in the Physical Sense |
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26 | (4) |
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B Natural Prolongation in the Context of UNCLOS |
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30 | (1) |
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1 Natural Prolongation in the Application of Article 76 |
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30 | (5) |
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2 Interpretation of Natural Prolongation in the Bangladesh/'Myanmar Case |
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35 | (3) |
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III The Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf |
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38 | (9) |
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39 | (2) |
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B The Procedure to Delineate the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf |
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41 | (3) |
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C The Relationship between the Entitlement and the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf |
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44 | (3) |
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47 | (4) |
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V The Legal Process Reaffirmed |
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49 | (2) |
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3 Defining Overlapping Entitlements to the Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM |
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51 | (49) |
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I The Significance of Overlapping Entitlements |
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51 | (2) |
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II Contextualizing Overlapping Entitlements to the Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM |
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53 | (7) |
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A Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM |
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53 | (2) |
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B Maritime Delimitation within 200 NM |
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55 | (2) |
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C Multiple Claims to the Same Area of Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM |
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57 | (3) |
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III Overlapping Entitlements Based on Different Criteria: A Question of Priority? |
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60 | (37) |
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A Interpretation of Article 76(1) |
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62 | (6) |
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B From Libya/Malta to Nicaragua v. Colombia |
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68 | (5) |
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C State Practice in the Application of Article 76 |
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73 | (9) |
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D Relationship between the Continental Shelf and the EEZ |
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82 | (10) |
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E Customary Status of Article 76(2)-(7) in Nicaragua v. Colombia II |
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92 | (3) |
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95 | (2) |
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IV A "Zone-Locked" Problem |
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97 | (3) |
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4 Interaction between Delineation and Delimitation of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM |
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100 | (61) |
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I The Dynamic between Delineation and Delimitation |
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100 | (3) |
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II Coordinating Delineation and Delimitation in State Practice |
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103 | (10) |
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A Provisional Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Beyond 200 NM |
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103 | (3) |
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B Delimitation Prior to Delineation through Negotiations |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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D Self-Restraint in the Light of Potential Delimitation |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (3) |
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III The Competence of International Courts and Tribunals to Delimit the Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM |
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113 | (40) |
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113 | (2) |
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B Progress and Confusion in the Jurisprudence |
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115 | (1) |
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1 St. Pierre and Miquelon Arbitration |
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115 | (2) |
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2 Barbados v. Trinidad and Tobago Case |
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117 | (4) |
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3 Bay of Bengal Cases and Ghana/Cote d'Ivoire Case |
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121 | (5) |
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4 Nicaragua v. Colombia Cases |
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126 | (10) |
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136 | (3) |
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C Towards a Contextualized Approach to the Competence of International Courts and Tribunals |
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139 | (1) |
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1 "Single Maritime Delimitation" and "Single Continental Shelf |
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140 | (1) |
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2 Factual Certainty of the Entitlement to the Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM |
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141 | (7) |
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3 The Relationship between Delineation and Delimitation |
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148 | (3) |
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4 The Impasse in the Delineation Procedure |
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151 | (2) |
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IV Resolving the Impasse in Delineation and Delimitation |
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153 | (8) |
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PART II Delimitation Methodology for the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles |
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161 | (170) |
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5 Conceptual Framework of Delimitation Methodology |
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163 | (31) |
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I Sources of the Law of Maritime Delimitation |
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164 | (3) |
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II Delimitation Methodology: an Overview |
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167 | (16) |
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A Determination of Geographical Frameworks |
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167 | (5) |
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B Elements of Delimitation Methodology |
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172 | (4) |
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C Formulations of Delimitation Methodology |
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176 | (7) |
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III Delimitation Methodology for the Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM |
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183 | (11) |
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A The Limits of the Three-Stage Approach |
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183 | (6) |
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B Methodological Questions in the Continental Shelf Delimitation beyond 200 NM |
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189 | (5) |
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6 Determination of the Area of Overlapping Entitlements |
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194 | (33) |
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I Relevant Coasts, Relevant Area, and Area of Overlapping Entitlements |
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194 | (2) |
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II Practices and Problems |
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196 | (19) |
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A Decisions Concerning the Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM |
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196 | (1) |
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1 Bangladesh/Myanmar Case |
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197 | (3) |
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2 Bangladesh v. India Case |
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200 | (4) |
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3 Ghana/Cote d'Ivoire Case |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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1 The Crux of the Problems |
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205 | (6) |
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2 Refining the Relevance of Coasts with the Delimitation Process |
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211 | (4) |
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III Factors Contributing to Determination of the Area of Overlapping Entitlements |
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215 | (10) |
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A Coastal Relationship as a Starting Point |
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215 | (2) |
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217 | (2) |
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C The Foot of the Continental Slope |
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219 | (4) |
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D The Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf |
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223 | (2) |
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IV Determination of the Area of Overlapping Entitlements in Prospect |
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225 | (2) |
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7 Geomorphological and Geological Circumstances |
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227 | (41) |
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I Re-Emergence of Geophysical Circumstances into the Continental Shelf Delimitation beyond 200 NM |
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227 | (3) |
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II Entitlement to the Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM and the Delimitation Process |
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230 | (17) |
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A The Basis of Entitlement and Equidistance |
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230 | (10) |
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B Identification of Natural Prolongations |
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240 | (5) |
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C The Elusive Search for a "Logically Necessary" Method |
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245 | (2) |
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III Geophysical Factors as a Relevant Circumstance |
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247 | (19) |
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A "The Most Natural Prolongation" Argument |
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247 | (9) |
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B The Use of Geophysical Factors in State Practice |
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256 | (10) |
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IV The Proper Role of Geophysical Circumstances in the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM |
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266 | (2) |
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8 Geographical Circumstances |
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268 | (33) |
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I The Relevance of Geographical Circumstances |
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268 | (2) |
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270 | (20) |
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A The Continuing Cut-Off Effect of Coastal Geography |
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272 | (4) |
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B Cutting-Off the Access to the Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM |
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276 | (8) |
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C Cutting-Off the Entitlement to the Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM |
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284 | (1) |
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1 Assessment of Cut-Off Effect between Opposite Coasts |
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285 | (2) |
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2 Assessment of Cut-Off Effect between Adjacent Coasts |
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287 | (3) |
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290 | (11) |
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A Meanings and Functions of Disproportionality in Maritime Delimitation |
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290 | (5) |
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B Disproportion in Coastal Lengths in the Continental Shelf Delimitation beyond 200 NM |
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295 | (6) |
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9 Towards a Common Approach to Maritime Delimitation within and beyond 200 NM |
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301 | (30) |
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I The Unification of Relevant Circumstances within and beyond 200 NM |
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301 | (1) |
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II (Ir)Relevance of Regime-Specific Circumstances |
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302 | (11) |
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III Integration of Maritime Delimitation within and beyond 200 NM |
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313 | (12) |
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A State Practice Concerning the Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM |
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313 | (1) |
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1 Adoption of the Same Method within and beyond 200 NM |
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313 | (2) |
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2 Combination of Methods for an Overall Equitable Solution |
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315 | (2) |
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3 Specific Arrangements for the Continental Shelf beyond 200 NM |
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317 | (1) |
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4 Separate Lines for the Continental Shelves and the EEZ |
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318 | (2) |
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B The Trend of a Single Exercise of Maritime Delimitation |
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320 | (5) |
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IV Prospect of the Continental Shelf Delimitation beyond 200 NM |
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325 | (6) |
| Appendix 1 |
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331 | (5) |
| Appendix 2 |
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336 | (10) |
| Appendix 3 |
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346 | (5) |
| Appendix 4 |
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351 | (4) |
| Bibliography |
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355 | (20) |
| Index |
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