Maritime Boundaries after Delimitation

Papanicolopulu, Irini

Abstract

Legal scholars who have researched delimitation of maritime boundaries have generally restricted their inquiry to the stage leading to the drawing of the line and its incorporation into a treaty or judicial decision. This approach, however, cannot account for the fact that, sometimes, treaties and decisions will not be applied and may be contested by one or both parties to the boundary dispute. This article starts an inquiry into maritime boundaries after delimitation, examining the rules that may apply and drawing conclusions not only on the need to develop further rules addressing consequent stages, but also to probably think again the existing rules concerning the previous stages.

Citation

Papanicolopulu, I. (2024). Maritime Boundaries after Delimitation. Portuguese Yearbook of the Law of the Sea, 1(1), 135-153. https://doi.org/10.1163/29501636-01010008

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jul 15, 2024
• Deposit Date: Aug 11, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 11, 2024
• Journal: Portuguese Yearbook of the Law of the Sea
• Electronic ISSN: 2950-1636
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 135-153
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/29501636-01010008
• Keywords: maritime delimitation; maritime boundary; rebus sic stantibus; maritime zones; stability; law of the sea
• Publisher URL: https://brill.com/view/journals/pyls/1/1/article-p135_008.xml