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Ocean law not only encompasses maritime statutes that have governed shipping routes, fishing rights and coastal boundaries for hundreds of years, it has evolved to include environmental considerations such as the protection of marine life, enforcement of pollution cleanup and guidance on scientific research. More recently, ocean law plays a key role in the development of alternative energy, the protection of national security and the exploration of new frontiers opening up because of global warming, as Melody Finnemore reports. |
