Oceans Law & Policy
First Day Assignments
Spring 2013
Textbooks for Reading Assignments
Casebook: International Ocean Law: Materials and Commentaries (T. McDorman, A. Bolla, D. Johnston, & J. Duff), Carolina Academic Press, 2005 [at bookstore]
Churchill & Lowe: The Law of the Sea, by R.R. Churchill & A.V. Lowe, 3rd ed. (1999) [at bookstore]
2013 Reading Supplements: Three volumes of additional, recent readings, and one volume of documents compiled by Professor Moore (available at the Copy Center)
1982 LOS Convention: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, ISBN: 92-1-133522 (1997) (available at Bookstore)
Introduction to Oceans Law and Policy
January 21-22
I. The Goals of Oceans Policy: Community and United States Interests
A. Common (inclusive and exclusive) vs. Special Interests
B. U.S. Oceans Interests and Goals
II. The Goals of Oceans Policy: Frameworks for Analysis
A. A Basic Decision Model
B. The Role of Government (Problems of Market and Government Failure)
C. The "Common Pool Problem," " Externalities," and Other Relevant Tools for Analysis
Readings on Reserve: (Book) B. Cicin-Sain & R. Knecht, The Future of U.S. Ocean Policy (Island Press, 2000), Chapter One, “Introduction: A Time for Reassessment of U.S. Ocean Policy” p. 1-29