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8 Beijing L. Rev. 21 (2017)
International Law of the Sea: An Overlook and Case Study

handle is hein.journals/beijlar8 and id is 21 raw text is: Scientific Research Publishing Beijing Law Review, 2017, 8, 21-40 http://www.scirp.org/iournal/blr ISSN Online: 2159-4635 ISSN Print: 2159-4627 International Law of the Sea: An Overlook and Case Study Arif Ahmed Department of Law and Justice, Southeast University, Dhaka, Bangladesh Email: lawarif73@yahoo.com How to cite this paper: Ahmed, A. (2017). International Law of the Sea: An Overlook and Case Study. Bei/ing LawReview, 8, 21- 40. https://doi.org/10.4236/blr.2017.81003 Received: December 23, 2016 Accepted: March 4, 2017 Published: March 7,2017 Copyright © 2017 by author and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). http://creativecominons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ OpecAces Abstract Sea is a large body of water that is surrounded by the land. It is a crucial part of human trade and commerce, voyage, mineral extraction, power generation and is also considered as an essential source of blue economy nowadays. In- ternational law of the sea is a law of maritime space that peacefully settles the global disputes on maritime boundary between or among the States and de- fines various jurisdictions of the maritime zones as well as the rights and ob- ligations of the coastal States in these zones, especially with regard to the con- servation of marine environment and biodiversity. The key objective of this piece of academic research is to demonstrate a brief overview of the interna- tional law of the sea with a special emphasize on the sources and legal frame- work of this law. This study also strives to focus the civil and criminal liability, jurisdictions, rights and obligations of the coastal states with regard to the different maritime zones. Furthermore this study delineates the rules and ex- tent of using these maritime zones in the light of various treaty provisions on the international law of the sea where different adjudicated cases are also pre- sented along with a profound scrutiny upon their fact, issues, judgment and reasoning. Keywords Coastal State, Convention, International Law, Maritime, Sea 1. Introduction International law of the sea is that part of public international law that regulates the rights and obligations of States and other subjects of international law, re- garding the use and utilization of the seas in peace time (Brown, 1994). It is dis- tinguished from the private maritime law that regulates the rights and obliga- tions of private persons with regard to maritime matters, e.g., the carriage of goods and maritime insurance (Churchill & Lowe, 1999). Law of the sea was de- DOI: 1.4236/blr2017.81003 March 7, 2017

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