Port-state jurisdiction has been used as a means of circumventing the inadequacies of enforcement on the high seas and of flag states’ ineffectiveness

The gap

Evidence profile

Sourced from the stated research gap and future-work section and stated challenges and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 1978 and 2016, all from Ocean Development & International Law. Those papers have been cited 23 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• The law of the sea regime and ocean law enforcement: New challenges for technology (1981) · Ocean Development & International Law · cited 3× · doi

  The need for technological efficiencies to enhance enforcement throughout the millions of square nautical miles included within the various zones of coastal-state jurisdiction. The lack of cooperative regional arrangements to provide more efficient means for safeguarding interests in the waters adjacent to coasts.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: need technological efficiencies enhance enforcement throughout millions square
• The law of the sea regime and ocean law enforcement: New challenges for technology (1981) · Ocean Development & International Law · cited 3× · doi

  The integration of technological advancements to solve the surveillance problem involved in monitoring vessel activities. The development of cooperative regional arrangements to provide more efficient means for safeguarding interests in the waters adjacent to coasts.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: integration technological advancements solve surveillance problem involved monitoring
• Transit rights and U.S. security interests in international straits: The “straits debate”; revisited (1978) · Ocean Development & International Law · cited 4× · doi

  The conflict between states attempting to appropriate traditional high-seas area as national territority and those supporting a policy of unrestricted transit through ocean space, - The need for access to straits will dominate military-security interests in the evolving maritime regime

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: conflict between states attempting appropriate traditional high-seas area
• Port-State Jurisdiction, Extraterritoriality, and the Protection of Global Commons (2016) · Ocean Development & International Law · cited 13× · doi

  Port-state jurisdiction has been used as a means of circumventing the inadequacies of enforcement on the high seas and of flag states’ ineffectiveness, but also the absence of international rules due to lack of consensus at the international level.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: international port state jurisdiction used means circumventing inadequacies enforcement high seas flag states ineffectiveness absence

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