Reflections on the Contemporary Law of the Sea

Tuerk (a judge and former vice-president of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, Germany) compiles various articles he has written on law of the sea topics, including the evolution of the law of the sea, the results of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, the rights of coastal states, the principle of the common heritage of mankind, the situation of landlocked states, the role of the International Tribunal, waning freedom of the seas, and recent phenomena like the resurgency of piracy and terrorism at sea. Martinus Nijhoff is an imprint of Brill. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Helmut Tuerk is a former Ambassador and Legal Advisor of the Austrian Foreign Ministry. He is a judge and a former Vice-President of ITLOS, and the author of numerous publications in the field of international law, in particular the law of the sea.