First Day Assignments
Spring 2008
Professor John Norton Moore
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 10:00-11:00 AM
WB 121

Textbooks for Reading Assignments
Casebook: International Ocean Law: Materials and Commentaries (T. McDorman, A. Bolla, D. Johnston, & J. Duff), Carolina Academic Press, 2005  [at bookstore]
Churchill & Lowe: The Law of the Sea, by R.R. Churchill & A.V. Lowe, 3rd ed. (1999)  [at bookstore]

2008 Reading Supplements:
Three volumes of additional, recent readings, and one volume of documents compiled by Professor Moore (available at the Copy Center)

1982 LOS Convention:
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and Agreement Relating to the
Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,
ISBN: 92-1-133522 (1997) (available at Bookstore)

Introduction to Oceans Law and Policy

January 21-22

The Goals of Oceans Policy: Community and United States Interests

--Common (inclusive and exclusive) vs. Special Interests

--U.S. Oceans Interests and Goals

The Goals of Oceans Policy: Frameworks for Analysis

--A Basic Decision Model

--The Role of Government (Problems of Market and Government Failure)

--The "Common Pool Problem," " Externalities," and Other Relevant Tools for Analysis

Readings on Reserve:

(Book) B. Cicin-Sain & R. Knecht, The Future of U.S. Ocean Policy (Island Press, 2000), Chapter One, “Introduction: A Time for Reassessment of U.S. Ocean Policy” p. 1-29