2.4 Delimitation

The problem: the overlapping claims between opposite-and-adjacent states — the maritime boundary's drawing. The UNCLOS rule: the delimitation by AGREEMENT "on the basis of international law... in order to achieve an equitable solution" (the equitable-result mandate). The courts' craft (the ICJ's line): the North Sea Continental Shelf cases (the natural prolongation + the equitable principles — the distance-and-geology's debate); the Continental Shelf (Libya/Malta) and the subsequent line (the equitable principles' methods: the provisional equidistance, then the relevant circumstances' adjustment — the "equidistance/relevant circumstances" method; the proportionality test); the islands' effects (the small-islands' discount — the equitable treatment); the baselines' effects; the single-maritime-boundary (the shelf-and-EEZ line together).