The Legal Regime of Offshore Oil Rigs in International Law

ISBN-13: 9781138253933 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 320 str.

Hossein Esmaeili

Opis

The book is intended to review and examine the relevant portions of all international treaties, cases and the national law and practice of States in relation to international aspects of offshore oil rigs, in order to gain an understanding of the legal regime surrounding oil rigs and to formulate an international law framework based on that understanding.

Recenzje

’I now have the privilege and pleasure of introducing the author’s work to the general public. It will, I am sure, be consulted with profit by national and international legal practitioners, oil companies, governments, organizations and legal scholars.’ Professor Ivan Shearer, Professor of International Law, United States Naval War College, Rhode Island, USA

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Types and physical nature of offshore oil rigs; The legal status of offshore oil rigs; Jurisdiction of states in relation to oil rigs; Protection of offshore rigs; Environmental issues relating to offshore oil rigs; The decommissioning of offshore oil rigs; The conflict between the use of oil rigs, navigation and other uses of the sea; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Hossein Esmaeili, The University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia