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Flag State Responsibility: Historical Development and Contemporary Issues

By John N. K. Mansell (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2009
ISBN
3540929320, 9783540929321
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-92933-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1263220 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
269\276
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Air and Outer Space; Private International LawComparative LawInternational & Foreign LawLaw of the Sea

Description

The historical development of tonnage, ship registration, classification societies and national and international law for flag State responsibility is recounted, along with the large increase in numbers of non-traditional flag States and classification societies over the past fifty years. The Law of the Sea Convention provides for a State to grant its nationality to ships, for those ships to be surveyed before registration, and for a flag State to effectively exercise its jurisdiction and control in administrative, technical and social matters over ships flying its flag. A State has the sovereign right to determine conditions for grant of its nationality and this can lead to derogation of flag State responsibility with implications for safety of ships. These issues are analysed and remedies proposed for effective flag State implementation of mandatory instruments.

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