Description

This course an overview of regulations of the law of the sea. Special emphasis is placed on marine resources. The main emphasis is placed on United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, customary international law and new contracts that strengthen the regulations of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. After a brief historical introduction, topics such as baselines, internal waters, territorial sea, island clusters, the economic zone, continental shelf, high seas, international sea bed area, sailing, swimming, fishing, whaling, marine demarcation, and conflict resolution will be examined. The aim of the course is for students to be able to explain how different waters are defined in international law and that they are able to explain the rights and obligations of coastal states and other countries in different waters. Particular attention will be paid to the polar regions when appropriate.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• locate and interpret legal authority of law of the sea;
• explain how various waters are limited;
• describe and explain rights and obligations of coastal states and other countries in different waters;
• use rules of law of the sea when working on projects related to polar regions.

Assessment

TBA

Instructor

Peter Ørebech, Professor in International Law at the University of Tromsö, Norway. He will teach the course as a guest professer at the Polar Law program at the University of Akureyri, Iceland. 

CV

Higher Education

Exam Philosophicum (University of Bergen, Norway, 1970).
Cand. Jur (University of Oslo. Norway, 1976)
Advocate, licensed for the Bar (Norway, 1978).

Positions

Visiting scholar, Harvard Law School, Cambridge (2005-07)
Director - Institute of Social Sciences and Marine Resources Management Center (2003-05), University of Tromso, Norwegian College of Fisheries Science
Visiting professor of law, University of Zagreb, faculty of law (2003-05)
Visiting professor of law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, (2000-03)
Reader in law, Technical University of Norway, Trondheim, 1997-2005),
Visiting professor of law, University of Namibia, 1999 - 2006)
Associate professor of law (Norwegian College of Fisheries Science University of Tromsö, tenure 1994-)
Advocate, Tromsø 1989-1994
Professor of Law (scholarship), Faculty of Law (University of Tromsö, 1987-89)
Ass/Assoc.professor of law Norwegian College of Fishery Science (1977-87)
Counselor Ministry of Fisheries, Oslo (1976-77)
Research assistant, Institute of Public and International Law, University of Oslo (1973-1975)
Editor "Stud.jur." (the law-school student run journal of University of Oslo) Faculty of Law, University of Oslo (1971-72)

Current Research & Project under development

The European Union: A Dysfunctional International Organization on the Road to Becoming a Federal State? A Comparison of the EU and the U.S. Constitutions (project under preparation)
Customary Law as Manifestation of Democracy - By the Means of Referendum and other Out-of-Court Resolutions (for consideration Cambridge University Press)

Honorable positions

Member of the Editorial Board, Croatian Yearbook of European Law (2004-)
Editorial Staff Member, European Transport Law (Journal of Law & Economics), Antwerp, Belgium 1997-2002)
Member to Norway Bar Association Advisory Group on Fisheries Law (1996-)

Teaching abilities

University of Tromsö, Norway: 1) The law of the Sea, 2) Ocean Ranching law 3) Food Security & International Law 4) Administrative law 5) EEA law
Technical University of Norway, Trondheim: Ocean Ranching Law
University of Namibia: The Law of the Sea
Chicago-Kent School of Law: The Law of the Sea, International Law and EU law
University of Zagreb, faculty of law: EU law

 

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