海洋法

前期 木曜日 ５講時. 単位数: 2. 科目区分: 展開講義. 授業形態: 講義. 対象学年: -. 履修年度: 2024.

実務・実践的授業※○は、実務・実践的授業であることを示す。

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週間授業回数

1回毎週

配当学年

3,4年

実施方法(対面・リアルタイム・オンデマンド・ハイブリッド等)

In person

連絡方法とクラスコード

Email: nishimoto@tohoku.ac.jp; Google classroom:57pfn5m

初回授業日等

April 11th, 5th period

授業の目的と概要

This course will provide students with an overview of the law of the sea, which is a field of public international law addressing the uses of the oceans. It will be provided as a lecture describing the current legal regime of the oceans, primarily based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). It will examine how the law has been put into practice and discuss the challenges faced by the current legal regime.

授業内容・方法と進度予定

This course will be provided as a lecture, covering the law of the sea in 15 weeks. The course will be held in person. The course will proceed as follows (subject to minor adjustments as necessary):

1. The history and structure of the law of the sea
2. Baselines (including the regime of islands)
3. Internal waters, territorial sea, and contiguous zone (1)
4. Internal waters, territorial sea, and contiguous zone (2)
5. High seas and the Area
6. Continental shelf and exclusive economic zone (1)
7. Continental shelf and exclusive economic zone (2)
8. Continental shelf and exclusive economic zone (3)
9. Management of living resources
10. Protection of the marine environment (1)
11. Protection of the marine environment (2)
12. Marine scientific research
13. Maritime law enforcement
14. Dispute settlement (1)
15. Dispute settlement (2)

学習の到達目標

The goal of this course is for students to acquire basic knowledge of concepts, rules, and precedents in the law of the sea. A further goal is for students to enhance their abilities in applying rules of international law to draw conclusions and formulate arguments for specific cases.

成績評価方法

Grading will be based on assignments (60%), and a term-end paper (40%). There will be no written examination at the end of the term.
Assignments (60%): Each week, students will be required to submit assignments online through Google Classroom. Each assignment will consist of questions relating to basic issues addressed in the lecture.
Term-end Paper (40％): At the end of the term, students will be required to submit a paper on a fictional case concerning the law of the sea.

教科書および参考書

Necessary materials will be distributed through Google Classroom. Students may wish to refer to the following textbooks for reference.
- Yoshifumi Tanaka, The International Law of the Sea (3rd ed., Cambridge University Press, 2019).
- Robin Churchill, Vaughan Lowe and Amy Sander, The Law of the Sea (4th ed., Manchester University Press, 2022)

授業時間外学習

In addition to preparing for the class in advance and reviewing what was learned through the lecture, students will be required to spend time each week preparing for the assignments.

その他

This course will be conducted in English.