State Responsibility for Interferences with the Freedom of Navigation in Public International Law

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Springer Science & Business Media, 2007 M10 25 - 286 pages

A multitude of conventions in the area of the Law of the Sea contains provisions on the issue of compensation for (wrongful) interferences with navigation. Even though interferences by warships and coast guard vessels, due to a perceived increased risk of international crimes at sea, seem to have become more frequent, the compensation provisions have hardly been applied. The book analyses all relevant compensation provisions and compares them to the general law of state responsibility. This necessarily includes a discussion of issues like the responsibility of international organizations, liability for lawful conduct and several and joint liability in public international law.

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The perpetual conflict between freedom and security in
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B Security concerns brought forward to interfere with navigation
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Legal limits for interferences and the role of State responsibility
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A Treaty interpretation
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The structure of the Law of the Sea Convention 2 The conventions succeeding the Law of the
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a right of the flag State or
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V
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G Consensual boardings
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The U S strategy 28 bilateral treaties and the Proliferation
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E Ship Boarding Agreements within the framework of the Proliferation
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Compensation for interferences in international conflicts
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Conclusions and outlook
249
Bibliography
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The few indications in the analyzed provisions
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Copyright

Responsibility for attempted interferences
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