This course will focus on the impact of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea and more recent supplementary agreements in the light of current State practice, seeking to identify, in particular, the extent to which its provisions have become part of customary international law in that area.
The course will address the following:
- the history of Law of the Sea concepts
- internal waters, territorial waters and the regime of innocent passage
- the contiguous zone
- transit passage through straits used for international navigation
- islands, archipelagoes and the regime of archipelagic sealanes passage
- the Exclusive Economic Zone
- the Continental Shelf
- recent developments in delimitation of maritime zones
- the high seas and the management of High Seas fisheries
- deep-seabed mining and the International Area.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
A participant who has successfully completed this course should have:
- A broad working knowledge of the key areas of the law of the sea
- Extensive familiarity with the provisions of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- An understanding of some of the key law of the sea issues confronting Australia
- An appreciation of how the law of the sea interacts with related areas of international law such as maritime security and concepts of state sovereignty
- An enhanced understanding generally
of the specific workings of international law, especially treaties, customary
international law and methods of dispute resolution.
Indicative Assessment
Students must rely on the approved Means of Assessment which will be posted to the Wattle course site approximately 4 weeks prior to the commencement of the course.The assessment is likely to consist of:
- Class Participation (10%), Case Note (30%) AND Essay (60%)
- Class Participation (10%) AND Major Research Paper (90%)
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Workload
26 Contact Hours (Intensive Delivery over 4 days) plus private study time.
2014 Intensive course dates: 3-6 June
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Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Indicative text: Donald R. Rothwell and Tim Stephens, The International Law of the Sea (Hart, Oxford: 2010)Preliminary Reading
A Course Outline will be available on the Wattle course site approximately 4 weeks prior to the commencement of the course.
Assumed Knowledge
Students must have completed LAWS8182 Principles of International Law or equivalent.Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 3
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $2958 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $4146 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Winter Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1705 | 15 Sep 2015 | 15 Sep 2015 | 25 Sep 2015 | 30 Oct 2015 | In Person | N/A |
