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cjel-9874	Novak, Gregor	Reading the Waves: Continuity and Change in Ocean Lawmaking	2022	98	.pdf	application/pdf	47547	1391	36	Continuity and Change in Ocean Lawmaking 363 monopolized the ocean and its resources and no global public author- ity exists to manage it comprehensively.12 Ocean law13 therefore con- tinues to be marked by a set of tensions, including those between the interests of so-called sea states and their allies and coastal states,14 between individual governments and the international community as a whole, between countries of different capacities and per capita in- comes, and many others.15 Such dichotomies played an important role also during the treaty negotiations leading up to the UN Conven- tion on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),16 which took place at the late stages of the Cold War and in the wake of the transformative wave of postwar decolonization. Ocean navigators are skilled at “reading the waves,” distilling in- sights about past and likely future events from ripples on the ocean’s surface.67 In an analogous vein, this Article samples from the modern history of humanity’s relationship with the ocean to gain insights into continuities, changes, and dynamic elements in contemporary ocean lawmaking.68 My approach does not preclude other points of focus or routes through the rich and winding paths of ocean law’s history.	cache/cjel-9874.pdf	txt/cjel-9874.txt