The Unruly Ocean: Law and Justice in the World’s Oceans, Seas and Shorelines

This book introduces non-specialist readers to the history of how human societies have sought to control, use and exploit our oceans, seas and shorelines over time in different geographical and cultural contexts.

Dr Erika Techera is a Professor of Law at The University of Western Australia. She researches on international and comparative environmental law particularly oceans. She is a co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law, 2021 and co-author of International Law of Sharks, 2017.

Dr Joy McCann is a historian affiliated with the University of Tasmania. Her research focuses on oceans, ice, islands and coastlines of the southern hemisphere, and her publications include Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean, 2019.