Monday, December 22, 2025

New Issue: International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law

The latest issue of the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law (Vol. 40, no. 4, 2025) is out. Contents include:
  • IJMCL 40th anniversary Special Issue. The Law of the Sea: Past Lessons and Future Challenges
    • David Freestone, The Law of the Sea: Past Lessons and Future Challenges
    • Irini Papanicolopulu, Ebbs and Flows: Changing Perspectives on Law of the Sea Scholarship
    • Ronán Long, Navigational Rights and Freedoms: Continued Relevance and Contemporary Challenges
    • Nilüfer Oral, Straits Used for International Navigation and Protection of the Marine Environment
    • Natalie Klein, Warships and Sovereign Immunity
    • James Kraska, Maritime Power and the Law of the Sea
    • James Harrison, International Fisheries Law in Pursuit of the Three Pillars of Sustainability
    • Michael W. Lodge, Troubled Waters Ahead: Is It Time to Re-Evaluate the 1994 Implementation Agreement?
    • Xiangxin Xu, Li Chen & Guifang Xue, Will the isa Exploitation Regulations Ever Be Adopted?
    • Robin Churchill, Adjudicating the Law of the Sea
    • Rosmary Rayfuse, Climate Change, the Ocean and the Law of the Sea: A Retrospective Prospective
    • Clive Schofield, A Rising Concern: The Response of Pacific Island States to Sea Level Rise
    • Davor Vidas, The ILA Committee on Sea Level Rise and the Clarification of the Law of the Sea: From the Holocene to the Anthropocene
    • Beatriz Martinez Romera, Regulating International Maritime Transport Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Time: Progress and Challenges
    • Mitchell Lennan, International Fisheries and Climate Change Adaptation
    • Richard Barnes, Stewardship as the Object and Purpose of the BBNJ Agreement
    • Tullio Scovazzi, The BBNJ Agreement and the Principle of Common Heritage of Humankind
    • Kristina M. Gjerde & Stephanie Prufer, Geoengineering: The Relevance of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the BBNJ Agreement
    • Yubing Shi, The Implementation and Compliance Mechanism under BBNJ Agreement: Regulatory Efforts and New Challenges
    • Joanna Mossop, The Role of Implementing Agreements in Developing the Law of the Sea
    • Alex G. Oude Elferink, The Future of the LOSC: Questions, Questions, Questions
    • Keyuan Zou & Ying Tan, The Impact of Digitalisation on the Development of the Law of the Sea
    • Erik Franckx, Some Reflections on Legal Scholarship
    • Eon Kyung Park, Seokwoo Lee & Hee Cheol Yang, Problems of Implementation of Security Council Resolutions at Sea: The DE YI Case
    • Vaughan Lowe, Landfall for the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law?