The transit regime for landlocked states : international law and development perspectives Kishor Uprety

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Tables; Cases Cited; Foreword; Abstract; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; PART ONE General Overview; Chapter 1 Introduction, Characteristics, and Scope; List of Tables; Table 1.1 Landlocked Countries and Transshipping Points; Table 1.2 Main Access to the Sea for Least Developed Landlocked Countries; Table 1.3 Intraregional Trade of Landlocked Developing Countries, 1998 and 1999: Proportion of Total Exports and Imports Whose Destinations and Sources Are Within the Same Region or Continent; PART TWO Theoretical Bases

"The Transit Regime for Landlocked States" assesses the strengths and limits of existing international law related to the free access of landlocked states to and from the sea. The book analyzes whether the provisions of international law satisfy the economic demands of landlocked states, the majority of which are among the world's poorest nations. The book reviews the several principles of international law that dominated the evolution of the rights of access. It discusses both general and specific conventions, as well as treaty regimes emanating therefrom, and examines some restrict