Environmental Jurisdiction in the Law of the Sea: The Brazilian Blue Amazon

1. Introduction: Setting the Stage.- 2. The General International Legal Regime of the Continental Shelf.- 3. The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 nm: Innovations in Art. 76 UNCLOS.- 4. Sovereignty and Jurisdiction in the Law of the Sea.- 5. Jurisdictional Intersections Between the Continental Shelf and Other Maritime Spaces: Exclusive Economic Zone, High Seas and the Area.- 6. Creeping Jurisdiction in the Law of the Sea: Threat to Navigational Freedoms or Stand Against "Spoliative Jurisdiction"?.- 7. Legal Basis of Coastal States' Environmental Jurisdiction on the Continental Shelf.- 8. Material Extent of Coastal States' Environmental Jurisdiction on the Continental Shelf.- 9. The Environmental Dimension of the "Brazilian Blue Amazon": Environmental Rights and Duties on the Continental Shelf.- 10. Brazilian Legal Framework Applicable to the Blue Amazon's Seabed: An Assessment of Consistency with International Law.- 11. Conclusions.