The number of global instruments affecting the law of marine environmental protection--both soft' and hard' law--grows constantly. Regional organizations have become increasingly concerned with matters affecting traditional freedoms of the seas. As a result, the law in this area has rapidly expanded, often creating competing or conflicting rules. Competing Norms in the Law of Marine Environmental Protection contains edited versions of the papers presented at a conference in the andAring;land Islands, Finland, in August 1996, convened by the Department of Law of andAring;bo Akademi...