Introduction

" Predictability and Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation " by Yoshifumi Tanaka is Volume 8 in a series of Studies in International Law, published by Hart Publishing (May 2006, 356pp, hardback, ISBN 10: 1-84113-581-X). The author provides a comprehensive review of case law and State practice in maritime delimitation, based on which he develops his argument for "a well-balanced legal system that reconciles predictability and flexibility in the law of maritime delimitation". In essence, the underlying issue addressed in the book is fundamental to the ...