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Book Review The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 5 : 227–229, 2006 © 2006 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. BOOK REVIEW Dispute Settlement in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea by Natalie Klein, [Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law (No. 39)]. Cambridge University Press, 2005. Hardback. ISBN–10: 0521835208 | ISBN–13: 9780521835206. When one reads in the travaux préparatoires of the Law of the Sea Convention that Part XV (Settlement of Disputes) was to be “the pivot upon which the delicate equilibrium of the compromise must be balanced”, it is hard to resist the image of the genial watchmaker and his elves constantly adjusting tiny wheels and balances with infinite care and pride in order to ensure that the UNCLOS mechanism works smoothly and perfectly, without missing a beat. In practice, activity under Part XV seems to have been more on the scale of the legendary Carlsberg complaints department, where the cobwebbed telephone rings once in a blue moon. Things do not always turn out according to plan. But that does not mean that we have a failure on our hands. Dr Klein wisely begins by questioning the picture of Part XV as http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2006 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1569-1853
eISSN
1571-8034
DOI
10.1163/157180306777156853
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The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 5 : 227–229, 2006 © 2006 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. BOOK REVIEW Dispute Settlement in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea by Natalie Klein, [Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law (No. 39)]. Cambridge University Press, 2005. Hardback. ISBN–10: 0521835208 | ISBN–13: 9780521835206. When one reads in the travaux préparatoires of the Law of the Sea Convention that Part XV (Settlement of Disputes) was to be “the pivot upon which the delicate equilibrium of the compromise must be balanced”, it is hard to resist the image of the genial watchmaker and his elves constantly adjusting tiny wheels and balances with infinite care and pride in order to ensure that the UNCLOS mechanism works smoothly and perfectly, without missing a beat. In practice, activity under Part XV seems to have been more on the scale of the legendary Carlsberg complaints department, where the cobwebbed telephone rings once in a blue moon. Things do not always turn out according to plan. But that does not mean that we have a failure on our hands. Dr Klein wisely begins by questioning the picture of Part XV as

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The Law & Practice of International Courts and TribunalsBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2006

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