Define ALL of the following expressions/concepts, identifying their legal basis and explaining their significance in relation...

 

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Define ALL of the following expressions/concepts, identifying their legal basis and explaining their significance in relation to the Law of the Sea: (a) What is "Mare Closum"? Where does it come from? How is it used? Is it used today? How? Who would have interest in using it? What are the "Superjacent waters off the seabed and (b) subsoil"? (c) What are "Archipelagic Waters"? What is the characteristic of this area in terms of delimitation and sovereignty? (d) What is the "Contiguous Zone"? With which zone is it associated? How does the contiguous zone operate? (e) What are "Closing baselines"? Where do they come from? Where do they apply? (f) What are archipelagic waters? Where do they come from? What are the characteristics in terms of delimitations and sovereignty? Describe some of the limitations / exceptions to archipelagic waters. What are archipelagic sea lane passage? Who creates them? What is their purpose? Where do they apply? What is the consequence for vessels? What is "Innocent Passage"? Where does it applies? (h) What are the limits and the exceptions? What are "Isobath"? Where are they? Please explain in which case you can have TWO baselines existing at the same place at the same time? (i) (j) Define ALL of the following expressions/concepts, identifying their legal basis and explaining their significance in relation to the Law of the Sea: (a) What is "Mare Closum"? Where does it come from? How is it used? Is it used today? How? Who would have interest in using it? What are the "Superjacent waters off the seabed and (b) subsoil"? (c) What are "Archipelagic Waters"? What is the characteristic of this area in terms of delimitation and sovereignty? (d) What is the "Contiguous Zone"? With which zone is it associated? How does the contiguous zone operate? (e) What are "Closing baselines"? Where do they come from? Where do they apply? (f) What are archipelagic waters? Where do they come from? What are the characteristics in terms of delimitations and sovereignty? Describe some of the limitations / exceptions to archipelagic waters. What are archipelagic sea lane passage? Who creates them? What is their purpose? Where do they apply? What is the consequence for vessels? What is "Innocent Passage"? Where does it applies? (h) What are the limits and the exceptions? What are "Isobath"? Where are they? Please explain in which case you can have TWO baselines existing at the same place at the same time? (i) (j)

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a Mare Closum is a Latin term that means closed sea or sea closed to others It originated from the Roman legal principle that the sea was not subject to private ownership and was considered as res com... View the full answer