Reflections on the Making of the Modern Law of the Sea
Cover -- Reflections on the Making of the Modern Law of the Sea -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Images -- Introduction -- Chapter I Chaos at Sea: The Search for a New Legal Order -- Reflections on My Formative Years and Interest in the Law of the Sea -- Historical Development of the Law of the Sea -- Preparatory Work for the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea -- Chapter II Beyond Codification: Development of Innovative Working Methods and Procedures -- Innovations in Treaty-making at the Third Conference -- Approach to Consensus-building Diplomacy as Developed Using the Working Methods and Procedures of the Third Conference -- Chapter III Negotiating a New Legal Order: Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea -- Negotiating the Organisation of the Conference and Identifying the Main Trends -- Negotiating for a Negotiating Text -- Negotiating through Informal Negotiating Groups -- My Approach to Drafting the Second Committee's Single Negotiating Text -- Basis and Rationale for the Key Formulations of the Second Committee's Single Negotiating Text -- Fiji's Participation in the Third Session of the Third Conference -- Reactions to the Single Negotiating Text -- Basis and Rationale for Certain Resulting Provisions Included in the Convention -- Negotiating the Challenging and Dramatic Conclusion to the Third Conference -- Plates -- Chapter IV Achieving Universal Acceptance: Part XI Implementation Agreement -- Setting the Stage for the Informal Consultations -- Initiating the Informal Consultations to Negotiate the Part XI Implementation Agreement -- Establishing the International Seabed Authority -- Reflections on Part XI and Its Place in the Management of Ocean Resources and the Preservation of the Marine Environment.