Straight Baselines in International Maritime Boundary Delimitation ISBN: 9781349127191 Platform/Publisher: SpringerLink / Palgrave Macmillan UK Digital rights:Users: unlimited; Printing: unlimited; Download: unlimited Subjects: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection;
The practice of extending the boundary of the sea or baseline has removed sections of the ocean from international use. This book examines the genesis of the straight baseline in international law and the forces that exploited it as a technique of maritime expansion not boundary delimitation.