A Comprehensive Look at the Codification Process of the International Law of the Sea.

Abstract

This article illustrates with brevity the entire codification process of the International law of the Sea and it's gradual development. I have exerted to articulate different phases of the development of the sea law starting from the ancient 16th Century Hugo Grotius rules which introduced "Mare Liberum" or "Freedom of the Sea" & how this principle of open sea transcended to the adoption of UNCLOS (1,II, & III) and ultimately the LOSC 1982 (Law of the Sea Convention) which is conventionally known as the constitution of sea.

Keywords: Sea Law, UNCLOS, International law of the Sea, history of Sea law, Codification of Sea law.

JEL Classification: K33