| The First Steps in the Regulation of Passage Through the Straits: From Grotius to Pardo | p. 1 |
| The Legal Position of Straits from the Classical Dimension | p. 2 |
| The Most Relevant Traditional Doctrine in This Regard | p. 2 |
| The First Attempts at Private Codification About the Legal Regime of Straits | p. 4 |
| The Incipient 'Official' Steps Towards the Regulation of Passage Through the Straits | p. 6 |
| The Desired Concretion of the Legal Regime on Straits | p. 10 |
| The Cornerstone for Settling the Regime on Straits: The 'Corfu Channel Case' | p. 10 |
| The Work of the International Law Commission and the United Nations Conferences on the Law of the Sea Held in Geneva | p. 13 |
| The Third Conference of the United Nations on the Law of the Sea or the Metamorphosis of Consensus | p. 21 |
| A Brief Summary of the Work Carried Out by the Commission on the Sea Beds as Regards International Straits | p. 24 |
| The Proposals of the Main Sea Powers and the Freedom of Navigation | p. 25 |
| The Propositions of the Coastal States and the Right of Innocent Passage | p. 26 |
| The Most Relevant Aspects of the Development of the Question of the International Straits at the III United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea | p. 29 |
| Formulation of the Principal Tendencies | p. 30 |
| Preparation and Drafting of the Negotiation Texts | p. 32 |
| The Definition of the 'Undefined' Straits Used for International Navigation | p. 41 |
| Some Proposals of Definitions Put Forward Within the Framework of the III Conference | p. 42 |
| The Geographical Factor | p. 45 |
| The Legal Component | p. 49 |
| The Functional Component | p. 52 |
| Finalising a Concept of 'International Strait' | p. 61 |
| The Standardised Catalogue of International Straits Presented in Part III of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea | p. 65 |
| Straits Excluded from the Scope of Application of Part III of the UNCLOS | p. 68 |
| Straits Which Include Internal Waters Which Previously Were Neither Territorial Seas Nor High Seas | p. 69 |
| Straits Regulated Wholly or in Part by Long-Standing International Conventions | p. 76 |
| Straits Regulated by Specific Treaties Compatible with the Convention Which Are Not Long-Standing | p. 80 |
| Straits Through Which a High Seas Route Passes or Which Cross an Exclusive Economic Zone | p. 82 |
| Straits Which Include Archipelagic Waters as a Consequence of the Drawing of Archipelagic Perimeters in Archipelagic States | p. 89 |
| Straits in Which the Regime of Navigation Is the Right of Innocent Passage | p. 93 |
| Straits Formed by an Island of a Coastal State Bordering the Strait and Its Mainland Territory | p. 93 |
| Straits Located Between One Part of the High Seas or an Exclusive Economic Zone and the Territorial Sea of Another State | p. 98 |
| The ôPrincipalö States or States Subject to the Right of Passage in Transit | p. 101 |
| International Straits and the Right of Innocent Passage with No Possibility of Suspension | p. 109 |
| Conceptual Aspects of Innocent Passage | p. 111 |
| The Notion of Passage | p. 113 |
| The Need for 'Innocence' | p. 115 |
| The 'Particular' Situation of the Passage of Certain Types of Vessels | p. 117 |
| Exclusion of Submerged Navigation | p. 117 |
| Vessels with Special Characteristics | p. 118 |
| Innocent Passage of Warships | p. 121 |
| Mutual Rights and Obligations Entailed by Innocent Passage | p. 126 |
| The Rights of the Coastal State as Regards Innocent Passage Through Its Territorial Sea, Including the International Straits | p. 127 |
| The Obligations Which Fall Upon the Coastal State in Relation to This Right of Passage | p. 132 |
| Regulation of the Safety of Navigation and Sea Traffic: Sea Lanes, Devices for the Separation of Sea Traffic and Other Safety Measures Adopted in Straits Regulated by Innocent Passage | p. 136 |
| Pentland Firth | p. 139 |
| North Minch | p. 140 |
| Entrance to the Gulf of Finland | p. 140 |
| Strait of Elba or Piombino | p. 142 |
| Strait of Tiran | p. 143 |
| Strait of Georgia | p. 143 |
| Strait of Juan de Fuca | p. 144 |
| Santa Barbara Channel | p. 148 |
| The New Regime of Transit Passage Through International Straits | p. 151 |
| Conceptual Delimitation | p. 152 |
| Beneficiaries of the Right to Transit Passage | p. 152 |
| Objective of This Passage Modality | p. 154 |
| Reciprocal Rights and Obligations of the Coastal States and the Users of the Straits Regulated by Transit Passage | p. 156 |
| Obligations of Vessels and Aircraft During Transit Passage | p. 156 |
| Rights of the Coastal State or States of an International Strait | p. 164 |
| Obligations of the Coastal Stales of Straits Concerning Transit Passage | p. 174 |
| Cooperation Between Coastal States of a Strait and the States Using the Strait | p. 178 |
| Regulation of the Safety of Navigation and Sea Traffic: Sea Lanes, Schemes for the Separation Sea Traffic and Other Safety Measures Adopted in the Straits Where Passage in Transit Is in Force | p. 179 |
| The Right of Transit Passage: A Conventional Norm Generally Accepted as Law? | p. 192 |
| Conclusions | p. 199 |
| Catalogue of Straits | p. 203 |
| Bibliography | p. 211 |
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