Table of Contents:
  • The continental shelf prior to UNCLOS III
  • The continental shelf: its definition and limits under article 76 of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
  • The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
  • Establishment of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles: the legal, scientific and technical interface
  • The process of establishing the outer limits of the continental shelf
  • Prospects for settlement of disputes involving the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles
  • The outer limits of the continental shelf: legal aspects of their establishment.