Syllabus

UNIT I   Law of the Sea

1. Introduction to Law of the Sea 
2. History of the Law of the Sea 
3. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) 1982, 
4. UNCLOS I and UNCLOS II. 
5.  Four Geneva Conventions of 1958 
6. Maritime Zones. 

UNIT II  

7. Baselines 
8. The Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone 
9. Straits used for International Navigation 
10. Archipelagoes and Islands 

UNIT III 

7. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) 
8. Continental Shelf and the High Seas 
9. Maritime Delimitation 
10. The High Seas – jurisdiction on the high seas 
11. Protection and preservation of the marine environment 
12. Deep Seabed Mining 
13. International seabed- International Seabed authority 

UNIT IV  Settlement of disputes

1. Settlement of disputes  
2. Indian Law and practice 
3. International boundary rivers, with special reference to boundary rivers in the Indian sub-continent 
4. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 

TEXT BOOK

R.C. and Hingorani, Modem International Law.  

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. H.O. Aggarwal, International Law.  
2. S.K. Kapoor, International Law. 
3. The International Law of the Sea, by Donald R. Rothwell and Tim Stephens 
4. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea by P. Chandrasekhara Rao and Philippe Gautier