Explain the Law of the Sea Convention 1982
The Law of the Sea Convention 1982 did not create a new area of law, as laws governing the sea date back to the dawn of maritime history. However, what the Convention did do was to codify the existing laws, norms and conventions into one document. It also served as a constituent entity as well as a norm establishing treaty. For example, the Convention codified the customary right to the freedom of the High Seas. As it is, the Convention functions as a framework which individual states use as a model to implement their own domestic legislation.