Scientists have estimated that ice in the Arctic Ocean is melting at three percent a year, which will in the future allow for economic exploitation of a region that is almost unexplored. Even though this article focuses on the problems with the Arctic Ocean and environs, other articles show that...

The 1982 Law of the Sea Convention ("Convention") took effect in November 1994, and one hundred and ten nations have ratified it as of 1997. The Convention's drafters assert that it establishes a framework within which to codify existing customary law, in part, as well as to create new...

The development of international law is an ongoing, evolving process. Without this process, there would be chaos. The 1982 Law of the Sea Treaty ("Convention") was drafted as a framework for identifying and resolving problems that may develop with regard to jurisdiction in ocean and maritime...

The purpose of this article is twofold: 1. To set forth briefly the history of the continental shelf doctrine in the United States together with the methods by which oil and gas are regulated thereon; and 2. To discuss the environmental standards set forth in the United States domestic...

An article appeared in the New York Times on January 28, 2012, entitled Seized Pirates in High Seas Legal Limbo, with no Formula for Trials. The author of the article noted, based on comments by the Rear Admiral Kaleem Shaukat (the Pakistani who commands Combined Task Force 151, the region's...

It is estimated that in Somalia, there are about “50 main pirate leaders, around 300 leaders of pirate attack groups, and aground 2,500 ‘foot soldiers.' It is believed that financing is provided by [approximately] 10 to 20 individuals. In addition, there is a large number of armed...