Functions and Roles of International Law in Ensuring Safe Navigation of Ships

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530044
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: International law
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: NAKATANI Kazuhiro 東京大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (60164216)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TSURUTA Jun 海上保安大学校, 国際海洋政策研究センター, 准教授 (90524281) ; ISHII Yurika (YAMAUCHI Yurika) 防衛大学校, 人文社会科学群, 講師 (80582890) ; SAKAMAKI Shizuka 静岡県立大学, 国際関係学部, 講師 (10571028)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 国際法 / 海洋法 / 国連海洋法条約 / 国家管轄権

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Ensuring safe nagivation of ships is indispensable for the rule of law in the international community. In this project we studied such topics as legal status of the strait of Hormuz, immunity enjoyed by warships and other government ships, piracy, nuclear ships, ADIZ and law enforcement measures in the ocean from the points of both international and domestic laws.
Part of the rusults of this project has already been published in Japanese or English law journals.

Free Research Field

国際法