QUESTION ONE
‘The regulation of the Exclusive Economic Zone in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea provides the coastal State with broader rights and jurisdiction than those provided by the regulation of the continental shelf in the same treaty.’
Critically analyse this statement.
QUESTION TWO
“Nationality of ships remains an axis of the law of the sea.”
(Tullio Treves, ‘Flags of Convenience before the Law of the Sea Tribunal’ (2004-2005) 6 San Diego International Law Journal 179, 189)
Critically analyse this statement in view of the problems associated with flags of convenience.