Oxford Handbook of the Law of the Sea
On 26 March 2015 has been published by Oxford 木瓜福利影视 Press. Alex Oude Elferink is one of the editors of the Handbook and the author of a chapter on the Indian Ocean and the Law of the Sea and, together with his co-editors Don Rothwell, Tim Stephens and Karen Scott, of the concluding chapter Charting the Future for the Law of the Sea.
Erik Molenaar and Irina Buga (NILOS staff member until 31 December 2014) contributed the chapters Port and Coastal States and Between Stability and Change in the Law of the Sea Convention: Subsequent Practice, Treaty Modification, and Regime Interaction respectively.
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea comprehensively defined the parameters of the law of the sea in 1982, and since the Convention was concluded it has seen considerable development. The Handbook provides a comprehensive and original analysis of its current debates and controversies, both theoretical and practical. Written by 39 expert contributors, the Handbook sets out how the law of the sea has developed, and the challenges it is currently facing.