Islamic Law of the Sea: Freedom of Navigation and Passage Rights in Islamic Thought, by Hassan S. Khalilieh

Theologically Shoring Up the Law of the Sea

“…So, theologians might, for instance, compare Christian (e.g., Grotian) and Islamic arguments for customary laws regarding the "freedom of the seas." 136 Or, since UNCLOS is a treaty, and another term for treaty is "covenant," they might compare meanings of covenant in Judaism or Christianity, on the one hand, and in international law on the other. Or, again, the focus might be on the common heritage principle, comparing what is said about it in UNCLOS with whatever in one's own tradition might seem to align with, or possibly challenge, that principle.…”