Serving the rule of international maritime law : essays in honour of Professor David Joseph Attard / edited by Norman A. Martinez Gutierrez.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

IMO : 60 years in the service of shipping / Efthimios E. Mitropoulos -- New European maritime policy for cleaner oceans and seas / Marko Pavliha -- Protection of international watercourses / Malgosia Fitzmaurice -- Criminal sanctions in relation to ship-source pollution / Bernard Vanheule -- Malta, Maine, and beyond : trends in the theory and practice of maritime boundary delimitation / Charles Norchi -- A legal and practical arrangement of disputes concerning maritime boundaries pending their final solution and law enforcement from a Japanese perspective / Atsuko Kanehara -- Bioprospecting, marine scientific research, and the patentability of genetic resources / Andree Kirchner -- Marine scientific research and the right to lay submarine cables and pipelines : differences in regime / Umberto Leanza -- A new advent for renewable offshore resources / Ivan Vella -- The idea of the common heritage of mankind / Helmut Tuerk -- Correlative concepts of the common heritage and the present Euro-Mediterranean context / Peter Serracino-Inglott -- Extension of coastal state jurisdiction in the Mediterranean :'quasi EEZs' or real'sui generis' zones? / Mitja Grbec -- Lo stretto di hormuz e le minacce al regime internazionale di transito / Fabio Caffio -- The fight against piracy and armed robbery against ships off the coast of Somalia : international cooperation illustrated / Patricia Mallia -- Hague, Visby, Hamburg, and Rotterdam : a maritime tour of northern Europe / Francis Reynolds -- A summary of some general criticisms of the UNCITRAL Convention (the Rotterdam rules) / William Tetley -- UNCTAD and its role in regulation of liability for carriage of goods by sea and multimodal transport / Mahin Faghfouri -- Operation of a ship's hatch covers : allocation of responsibility under a charterparty agreement / Norman A. Martinez Gutierrez -- The Maritime Labour Convention 2006 : a major step forward in maritime law / Reto Durler -- Maritime security vis-a-vis fair treatment of seafarers : a conundrum in the development of international maritime law / Frank Wiswall Jr. -- Influence of the Torrey Canyon incident on the liability and compensation regimes developed under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization / Gaetano Librando -- Dispute resolution in oil pollution cases : are there alternatives to litigation in national courts? / Mns Jacobsson -- International maritime law : developing a comprehensive third party liability convention / Patrick J.S. Griggs -- Places of refuge : environmental salvage / Archie Bishop -- Implementation of the arrest convention / Ignacio Arroyo -- Good faith and the duty of disclosure in marine insurance law / Ping-Fat Sze.