United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. [electronic resource].

Includes index.

"Extracted from http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention-agreements/convention-overview-convetion.htm" -- t.p.

Introduction -- Territorial sea and contiguous zone -- Straits used for international navigation -- Archipelagic states -- Exclusive economic zone -- Continental shelf -- High seas -- Regime of islands -- Enclosed or semi-enclosed seas -- Right of access of land-locked states to and from the sea and freedom of transit -- The area -- Protection and preservation of the marine environment -- Marine scientific research -- Development and transfer of marine technology -- Settlement of disputes -- General provisions -- Final provisions.