New Approaches to the Law of the Sea (In Honor of Ambassador Jose Antonio de Yturriaga) : Topics in Reproduction, Toxicology and Development

Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Seville (Spain) & Jean Monnet Chair's Holder on European Integration (European Union), Professor at the Diplomacy School, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, (Madrid). He has been Visiting Professor and Visiting Scholar at Universities from United States, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Peru, The Netherlands... He is also Member of many academic institutions as IHLADI, European Law Institute, International Association of the Law of the Sea, and Scientific Councils or Editorial Boards of several major journals.Prof. Fernandez-Sanchez has wrote or edited 28 books and almost two hundred of scientific articles and chapters of books on different issues of Public International Law. New scenarios present in the sea require new legal and political approaches, because the rules governing these spaces have been out of place or new rules have arisen that require mitigation. Old aspects require new interpretations without prejudice of new uses not foreseen or contemplated in the frame of the Law of the Sea. In fact, many frustrations have been raised in this framework, because the Law of the Sea has been unable to give an answer to some of the expectations for which the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention was adopted. New doctrines and new interpretations have appeared to such an extent that experts hardly know whether they are going to lead them to a new system or to the modification of the present one.The part of the Law of the Sea that has been the most developed, but which has provoked greater problems at the same time has been the delimitation of maritime spaces, which has generated a new concept of states' frontiers beyond the classical conception. This book analyses different aspects of marine delimitation.Concerning the environment, the authors focus on the analysis on the climatic change, where they have found a world of possibility to be explored. Everybody is aware that seas and oceans are the greatest dumping grounds of CO2 on Earth. Readers will easily understand that the global warming taking place is due to the lack of absorption by seas and oceans. Even more so, this provokes more storms and marine upheavals, which in turn cause the carbon deposited on the seabed to be moved and transferred to the surface, and this prevents a greater absorption of the atmospheric CO2.Finally, this book studies some social, economic and humanitarian problems affecting these maritime spaces; one has to take into consideration the new uses, the new frauds and the new dimensions that have created problems which did not exist before. In this case, the book explores sustainable fisheries and marine biodiversity, the management of marine living resources, the trafficking of persons and smuggling of migrants, the problems concerning Antarctica and the protection of underwater cultural heritage.Target Audience:The audience for this book is on academic level and international lawyers interested in the Law of the Sea. All Library Universities of Law from United States, European Union, Latin American, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan and India are interested potential institutions. Moreover, the international judicial bodies, arbitrators, maritime enterprises, etc. are too interested potentials.