Based upon an international studies doctoral dissertation prepared and defended at the National and Kapodistrian U. of Athens School of Law, Economics, and Political Sciences, Greece, this monograph examines the resolution of disputes through the functioning of the dispute settlement system under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea after its entry into force in November 1994 to the present day. The author analyzes categories of disputes that have emerged, together with the means of resolving them, primarily emphasizing the compulsory procedures entailing binding decisions found in Section 2 of Part XV of the Convention. He also places the dispute settlement system within the context of general international law and jurisprudence and its interaction with other dispute settlement systems and regimes in order to address fears over the multiplication of international adjudication fora. Martinus Nijhoff is an imprint of Brill. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)