Required for : MMA, MA, PhD

Typical Semester : Fall

Typically Taught By : Beth Mendenhall

 Examines international legal principles governing the oceans.

 This course covers the development, content, and flaws of the modern ocean governance regime, including its principles, norms, rules, and decision-making procedures. Major institutions covered include the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, the International Seabed Authority, the International Maritime Organization, the International Whaling Commission, Regional Fisheries Management Organizations, and others. The first half of the course focuses on the development and design of the ocean governance regime, whereas the second half engages case studies of ocean problems that the regime has a mixed record of solving.