Edited by Donald R. Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University, Alex G. Oude Elferink, Professor of International Law, Utrecht University, Karen N. Scott, Professor of Law, University of Canterbury, and Tim Stephens, Associate Professor of Law, University of Sydney

Donald R. Rothwell is Professor of International Law at the ANU College of Law, Australian National University, Australia where he has taught since 2006, and was previously Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney (2004-2006). His research areas include the law of the sea, the law of the polar regions, international security law, and international law in Australia. He is author, co-author and editor of 16 books.

Alex G. Oude Elferink is Deputy Director of the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea at the School of Law, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. His research interests include the law of the sea, the law of the polar regions, and the relationship between international law and international relations.

Karen N. Scott is a Professor of Law at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Her research interests include Antarctic law and policy, the law of the sea and international environmental law. She is the editor of the New Zealand Yearbook of International Law and a member of the Advisory Board to Gateway Antarctica at the University of Canterbury.

Tim Stephens is Professor of International Law and Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Sydney Law School, University of Sydney, Australia. He is President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law.

Dr Gemma Andreone - University of Naples
Professor Richard Barnes - University of Hull
Irina Buga - Utrecht University
Professor Aldo Chircop - Dalhousie University
Professor Robin Churchill - University of Dundee
Ambassador Hans Corell
Tara Davenport - National University of Singapore
Professor Malcolm Evans - University of Bristol
Dr David Freestone - Sargasso Sea Alliance
Johannes Fuchs - Walther Schücking Institute for International Law
Dr Edward Goodwin - University of Nottingham
Dr Douglas Guilfoyle - University College London
Dr James Harrison - University of Edinburgh
Elizabeth Kirk - University of Dundee
Professor Natalie Klein - Macquarie University
Dr James Kraska CDR - Naval War College
Coatler Lathrop - Sovereign Geographic
Michael Lodge - International Seabed Authority
Professor Ronan Long - NUI Galway
Professor Nele Matz-Luck - Walther-Schücking-Institut für Internationales Recht
Professor Ted L. McDorman - University of Victoria
Professor Erik J. Molenaar - Utrecht University
Joanna Mossop - Victoria University of Wellington
Professor John Noyes - California Western School of Law
Professor Bernard H. Oxman - University of Miami
Dr Irini Papanicolopulu - University of Glasgow
Dr Anna Petrig - Universität Basel
Professor Rosemary Rayfuse - University of New South Wales
Dr Clive Schofield - Australian Centre for Ocean Resource and Security
Associate Professor Yoshifumi Tanaka - University of Copenhagen
Professor Tullio Treves - Università degli Studi di Milano
Judge Helmut Tuerk - International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Professor David VanderZwaag - Dalhousie University
Associate Professor Robin Warner - University of Wollongong
Professor Keyuan Zou - University of Central Lancashire

"The contributors were encouraged to consider future challenges and developments in the law of the sea... The Handbook provides a valuable resource for those involved in such critical developments." - K. J. Keith, The American Journal of International Law

"This volume brings together a distinguished blend of leading and emerging commentators to address the key topics encapsulated in this expansive area of international law. [It] provides an extensive survey of the current state of the law in this key area of global governance." - Dr Richard Caddell, Journal of International Maritime Law