TY - BOOK AU - Rothwell, Donald R. AU - Oude Elferink, Alex G. AU - Scott, Karen N. AU - Stephens, Tim TI - The Oxford Handbook of The Law of the Sea SN - 9780198806257 U1 - 341.45 PY - 2015/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Law N1 - Human activities have taken place in the world's oceans for most of human history. With the oceans being used for trade, being exploited for fisheries and mineral resources extraction, and becoming the focal point for security crises, the legal regime regulating the rights and responsibilities of nations in their use of the world's oceans has long been a crucial part of international law. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea comprehensively defined the parameters of the law of the sea in 1982, and since the Convention was concluded it has seen considerable development ER -