Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of cases; Table of domestic legislation; Table of treaties and other international instruments; Abbreviations; General introduction; 1. A brief historical overview; 1.1 Early developments; 1.2 1985: A turning point; 1.3 More recent developments; 2. Relevant branches of law; 2.1 Admiralty/private maritime law; 2.2 The law of the sea; 2.2.1 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982; 2.2.2 Maritime zones and related terminology; 2.3 Cultural heritage law; 3. A few observations on international law; 3.1 Sovereignty and jurisdiction
3.2 Sources of international law3.2.1 Treaties; 3.2.2 Customary international law; 3.2.3 The relationship between customary international law and treaties; 4. UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage 2001; 5. The approach and structure of this book; 1 The evolution of international law on underwater cultural heritage; 1. Introduction; 2. Initiatives preceding the UNESCO Convention 2001; 2.1 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (LOSC); 2.1.1 Article 149; 2.1.2 Article 303; 2.1.3 An 'incomplete' regime; 2.2 Developments within the Council of Europe
2.2.1 The Roper Report and Recommendation 848 (1978)2.2.2 Draft European Convention 1985; 2.2.3 Valletta Convention 1992; 3. The UNESCO initiative; 3.1 Background and process; 3.1.1 Groundwork by the International Law Association; 3.1.2 The UNESCO process; 3.1.3 Development and status of the Annex; 3.2 The UNESCO Convention 2001: overview; 4. Concluding remarks; 2 Defining underwater cultural heritage; 1. Introduction; 2. The approach of early domestic legislation; 3. The approach of international initiatives preceding the UNESCO Convention 2001; 3.1 The Law of the Sea Convention 1982
3.2 The Council of Europe initiatives3.2.1 Recommendation 848 (1978); 3.2.2 Draft European Convention 1985; 3.2.3 Valletta Convention 1992; 4. The approach of the UNESCO Convention 2001; 4.1 Definitional criteria; 4.2 Selection criteria; 4.2.1 The temporal criterion; 4.2.2 The character criterion; 5. Concluding remarks; 3 Ownership and other interests in underwater cultural heritage; 1. Introduction; 2. Ownership; 2.1 Acquisition of ownership rights; 2.2 Establishment of ownership rights; 2.3 Abandonment of ownership rights
2.4 The circumscription or expropriation of ownership rights by heritage legislation3. Treatment of ownership rights by international law; 3.1 Ownership and the Law of the Sea Convention 1982; 3.2 Ownership and the UNESCO Convention 2001; 3.2.1 Background; 3.2.2 Approach of the UNESCO Convention and its implications; 4. Other interests recognised by international law; 4.1 Interests recognised by the Law of the Sea Convention 1982; 4.1.1 Interests of mankind; 4.1.2 Preferential rights of states (or countries) of origin; 4.2 Interests recognised by the UNESCO Convention 2001
Summary
The first full-scale study of the international legal framework governing underwater cultural heritage to be published in nearly two decades
