《LAW OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT》

1 PROLOGUE1

Section Ⅰ The convention1

Section Ⅱ India's ocean-related interests13

Section Ⅲ Antiquity of maritime law15

Section Ⅳ Objects of this study:a preliminary18

2 TERRITORIAL SEA TILL UNCLOS-Ⅲ29

Section Ⅰ The concept of the territorial sea and its evolution29

Section Ⅱ Breadth of the territorial sea till the 1958 Conference43

Section Ⅲ Delimitation of the territorial sea56

Section Ⅳ Passage through the territorial sea63

Section Ⅴ The second UNCLOS, 1960:its failure71

Section Ⅵ Aftermath of the failure:the claims77

3 TERRITORIAL SEA AND UNCLOS-Ⅲ114

Section Ⅰ The setting and organization of work114

Section Ⅱ Juridical status of the territorial sea124

Section Ⅲ Breadth of the territorial sea127

Section Ⅳ Delimitation131

Section Ⅴ Passage through the territorial sea138

4 THE REGIME OF STRAITS176

Section Ⅰ The stakes in straits176

Section Ⅱ The regime of straits till UNCLOS-Ⅲ184

Section Ⅲ The regime of straits and UNCLOS-Ⅲ190

5 THE REGIME OF ARCHIPELAGOS220

Section Ⅰ The regime of coastal archipelagos220

Section Ⅱ The regime of mid-ocean archipelagos till UNCLOS-Ⅲ223

Section Ⅲ Mid-ocean archipelagos and UNCLOS-Ⅲ231

6 THE CONTIGUOUS ZONE253

Section Ⅰ The concept and state practice253

Section Ⅱ The contiguous zone and the 1930 Conference261

Section Ⅲ The contiguous zone and the 1951 Conference263

Section Ⅳ The contiguous zone and UNCLOS-Ⅲ271

7 EPILOGUE287

Section Ⅰ Paradoxical forces in the contemporary world287

Section Ⅱ The'have-nots'of the sea292

Section Ⅲ The'haves'of the sea296

Section Ⅳ Shift in India's stand298

Section Ⅴ Decline in the importance of the territorial sea301

INDEX307