After an introductory chapter concerning the definition of Straits used for international navigation', the author examines in detail the evolution of the questi

After an introductory chapter concerning the definition of `Straits used for international navigation', the author examines in detail the evolution of the quest

Now in a third, revised edition, Excessive Maritime Claims by J. Ashley Roach and Robert W. Smith is designed for law of the sea and maritime law specialists. T

The right of transit passage in straits and the analogous right of archipelagic sealanes passage in archipelagic states, negotiated in the 1970s and embodied in

The importance of straits, particularly those used in international navigation, has been long recognized in international law. One of the important debates duri