The book examines whether the jurisdiction of coastal States under international law can be extended to include powers of intervention towards vessels posing a
The content and status of the precautionary principle remains highly debated and various questions arise, such as its status as a rule of customary internationa
Papers presented at the meetings facilitated by the Sanders Institute at the Faculty of Law of the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Law School of the Univer
This work makes clear what it means that the precautionary principle represents customary international law. Through the analysis of state practice regarding th
The controversial question of whether or not at present the precautionary principle is to be considered a norm of customary international law is the key theme o