This work intends to contribute to a better understanding of the international law aspects of the ongoing debate on current and future international governance and regulation of areas beyond national jurisdiction, focusing on principles and objectives, institutional arrangements, entitlements and compliance.

Erik J. Molenaar is senior research associate at NILOS, Utrecht University and Adjunct Professor Law of the Sea at the University of Tromsø. He has published extensively on the international law of the sea.
Alex G. Oude Elferink is a senior lecturer at the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea of the School of Law of Utrecht University. He has published extensively on the international law of the sea.