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Prof. Dr Somers, Eduard
Institutes (2)  Top | Institutes | Publications | Projects 
  • Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid; Vakgroep Europees, publiek- en internationaal recht; Maritiem Instituut, more
    • Function: Zelfstandig academisch personeel

    Direct contact at institute:
    Tel.: +32-(0)9-264 68 96
    Fax: +32-(0)9-264 69 89
    E-mail:
  • Universiteit Antwerpen; Faculteit Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen; Departement Transport en Ruimtelijke Economie (TPR), more
    • Function: Part-time professor

    Direct contact at institute:
    Tel.: +32-(0)3-265 44 74
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Projects (28)  Top | Institutes | Publications | Projects 
  • Adviser for the Research Project: "Legal Aspects of Airports constructed in the Sea", more
  • Analysis of the Belgian policy with respect to nature conservation in the North Sea, more
  • Analysis of the Belgian policy with respect to the protection of the North Sea against pollution, more
  • Concordance of the text in French/Dutch of the Council of State on the draft law on the protection of the marine environment in the marine areas under Belgian jurisdiction, more
  • Development of a Codex for transport and treatment of dangerous goods in Port of Ghent, more
  • Development of a policy model for the sustainable use of the river Scheldt basin, more
  • Development of a regional academic network for Eastern Africa in Ocean Law and Marine Studies, more
  • Development of a regional academic network in ocean law and marine studies, more
  • Drafting in Dutch of the explanatory memorandum of the draft law on the EEZ of Belgium, more
  • Drafting in Dutch of the law and the explanatory memorandum of the draft law on the protection of the marine environment in the marine areas under Belgian jurisdiction, more
  • Drafting of royal decrees in Dutch, implementing the law on the protection of the marine environment in the marine areas under Belgian jurisdiction, more
  • Ecology Cluster for Overall Waste Re-engineering, more
  • Education in port and marine sciences, especially port management at the University of Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), more
  • External Advisor Flemish Government on delimitation of marine areas between Belgium and the Netherlands, more
  • Federal state structure and organisation of education: a Flemish-Russian cooperation project on comparative federalism and regionalism, with special attention for the educational implications, more
  • Limited Atlas of the Belgian Part of the North Sea, more
  • Partner programme with the "Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral" (ESPOL) in Guayaquil (Ecuador), more
  • Police Regulation Port of Ghent, more
  • Policy analysis for the modernization of the maritime accessibility of the ports of Ghent and Terneuzen, more
  • Policy oriented analysis and proposals for optimising legal and social instruments for nature development projects, more
  • Regulation for hazardous and noxious substances in the Port of Ghent, more
  • Research and Training on the Law of the Sea, Marine Policy and Ocean Management, more
  • Scheepvaart binnen de exclusieve economische zone: een vrijheid in gevaar of eerder een gevaarlijke vrijheid?, more
  • Study of the quantity, the storage and the disposal of operational waste streams and cargo residues from various transportmodi and from port-related companies in the port of Ghent, more
  • The application of modern IT for education in aquaculture and international law of the sea in South Africa and the SADC region, more
  • The Competence of Coastal States with respect to Marine Pollution by Ships: The Belgian and South-African Experience and Possible Lessons to be learned from recent European Initiatives, more
  • The possible effects of the draft of the multilateral Agreement on Investments (MAI) on the Flemish environmental legislation and on the Flemish environmental policy to be developed, more
  • Towards a future Belgian policy for protecting the North Sea. Social and economic consequences, more
Publications (37)  Top | Institutes | Publications | Projects 
    ( 8 peer reviewed ) split up
  • (2004). De volkenrechtelijke context van zeeverontreiniging, in: Van Hooydonk, E. (Ed.) Zeeverontreiniging: preventie, bestrijding en aansprakelijkheid. Antwerpse Zeerechtdagen, : pp. 9-18, more
  • Coppens, J.; Gonsaeles, G.; Somers, E.; Stevens, F. (Ed.) (2013). Wet en duiding: vervoer. Larcier: Brussel. ISBN 9782804446499. 492 pp., more
  • Peer reviewed article Coppens, J.; Somers, E. (2010). Towards new rules on disembarkation of persons rescued at sea? Int. J. Mar. Coast. Law 25(3): 377-403. hdl.handle.net/ 10.1163/157180810X571006, more
  • Maes, F.; Somers, E. (1989). De tenuitvoerlegging van de Noordzeeverklaringen door België. Rijksuniversiteit Gent: Gent. 82 + Bijlagen pp., more
  • Somers, E. (1980). Volkenrechtelijke regelingen betreffende het storten van kernafval in zee. Leefmilieu 3(4): 121-126, more
  • Somers, E. (1981). Mariene dumping: een overzicht vanuit volkenrechtelijke hoek. Leefmilieu 4(6): 175-185, more
  • Somers, E. (1983). Bepalingen in het Internationaal Zeerechtverdrag 1982 voor de bescherming van het mariene milieu. Leefmilieu 6(5): 149-157, more
  • Somers, E. (1984). Inleiding tot het internationaal zeerecht. Kluwer Rechtswetenschappen België: Antwerpen. ISBN 90-6321-240-2. 442 pp., more
  • Somers, E. (1985). Enkele volkenrechtelijke bedenkingen over het onderhoud van de Schelde, in: van Bogaert, E.R.C. Liber amicorum Elie van Bogaert. pp. 238-251, more
  • Somers, E. (1987). Het juridisch statuut van het Belgisch Continentaal Plat. Water 6(32): 3-8, more
  • Somers, E. (1988). The problem of the Wielingen: the delimitation of the Belgian territorial sea with respect to the Netherlands. International Journal of Estuarine and Coastal Law 3(1): 19-36. hdl.handle.net/10.1163/187529988X00021, more
  • Somers, E. (1991). The decision making processes governing planning and development with respect to European Estuaries: the case of the Schelde Estuary, in: ACEL Proceedings of the annual general meeting of the esturiales, 26-27 september 1991, Saint-Nazaire, France. pp. 8, more
  • Somers, E. (1992). Juridische aspecten van het Continentaal Plat, in: Bolle, I. et al. Colloquium: oppervlaktedelfstoffen problematiek in Vlaanderen: proceedings 24-25 oktober 1991, Academieraadzaal Universiteit Gent, Volderstraat 9, 9000 Gent. pp. 79-99, more
  • Somers, E. (1992). Het statuut van het kanaal Gent-Terneuzen: Internationaal publiekrechtelijke aspecten. Water 11(67): 197-199, more
  • Somers, E. (1994). A Belgian policy for the future to protect the North Sea against pollution and its social and economic impacts, in: Vanderborght, O. et al. (Ed.) IGBP and 'Global Change' related research in Belgium II. pp. 221, more
  • Somers, E. (1997). Inleiding tot het internationaal zeerecht. 3rd Edition. Kluwer Rechtswetenschappen België: Antwerpen. ISBN 90-5583-250-2. XXII, 485 pp., more
  • Somers, E. (1998). Verkeersbegeleidingsystemen op de Westerschelde, in: Scheepvaart: veilig & vlot. Scheepvaartbegeleiding en loodswezen, Woensdag 27 mei 1998, 'Het Pand' Universiteit Gent: proceedings. pp. 4-5, more
  • Peer reviewed article Somers, E. (1999). Effects of ISM on the limitation of liability: the end or a new beginning? JLE 34(1): 37-43, more
  • Peer reviewed article Somers, E. (2001). The arrest of ships in maritime zones beyond internal waters in Belgian maritime law. Mar. Policy 25(1): 61-69. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0308-597X(00)00036-1, more
  • Somers, E. (2002). Juridische aspecten inzake het onderhoud van de Schelde, in: Van Hooydonk, E. (Ed.) De Belgisch-Nederlandse verkeersverbindingen: de Schelde in de XXIste eeuw. Antwerpse Zeerechtdagen, : pp. 461-468, more
  • Somers, E. (2003). La Zone Economique Exclusive de la Belgique en Mer du Nord: aperçu de la loi du 22 avril 1999, in: Franckx, E. et al. (Ed.) La Zone Economique Exclusive et la Convention des Nations unies sur le Droit de la Mer, 1982-2000: un premier bilan de la pratique des états = The Exclusive Economic Zone and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982-2000: a preliminary assessment of state practice. pp. 1-9, more
  • Somers, E. (2004). Scheepvaart op zee: Internationaalrechtelijke aspecten. Bibliotheek Handelsrecht Larcier: Transportrecht, 3. Larcier: Gent. ISBN 2-8044-1438-8. 168 pp., more
  • Somers, E. (2004). Inleiding tot het internationaal zeerecht. 4de herwerkte uitgave. Wolters Kluwer België: Mechelen. ISBN 90-4650-366-6. XX, 478 pp., more
  • Somers, E. (2007). Safety at sea: a prominent European Union interest, in: Franckx, E. (Ed.) Contemporary regulation of marine living resources and pollution: essays written by and in honour of the International Francqui Chairholder Professor Dermott Devine. pp. 71-84, more
  • Peer reviewed article Somers, E. (2008). Twijfelachtige aanvaring. NJW 190: 782-786, more
  • Somers, E. (2010). Marine pollution and the right of entry in maritime ports for ships in distress, in: Faure, M.G. et al. (Ed.) Maritime pollution liability and policy. China, Europe and the U.S. pp. 41-54, more
  • Somers, E. (2010). Inleiding tot het internationaal zeerecht. 5de herwerkte uitgave. Kluwer/Gandaius: Mechelen. ISBN 978-90-4652-812-9. XX, 491 pp., more
  • Peer reviewed article Somers, E. (2011). Aansprakelijkheidsbeperking zeeschip, zeegaand vaartuig, binnenschip, estuair schip. NJW 245: 466-470, more
  • Peer reviewed article Somers, E. (2011). Cognosssement; art. 91 Zeewet; aansprakelijkheid zeevervoerder; ontheffingsgronden. NJW 219: 613-619, more
  • Somers, E. (2011). Belgisch zeerecht: syllabus en selectie wetgeving. Larcier: Brussel. ISBN 9782804449810. 194 pp., more
  • Somers, E. (2012). Belgisch Zeerecht 2012-2013. Larcier: Brussel. ISBN 9782804456177. 218 pp., more
  • Somers, E. (2012). Juridische context van scheepvaartverkeer op de Westerschelde: oude wijn in nieuwe vaten?, in: Gonsaeles, G. et al. (Ed.) Met have, goed & schip over de Schelde: Vijftien jaar evolutie inzake havengebeuren, logistiek en scheepvaart in de Scheldemonding. Jumbileumboek Maritiem Symposium. pp. 31-48, more
  • Somers, E. (2012). Nawoord, in: Gonsaeles, G. et al. (Ed.) Met have, goed & schip over de Schelde: Vijftien jaar evolutie inzake havengebeuren, logistiek en scheepvaart in de Scheldemonding. Jumbileumboek Maritiem Symposium. pp. 285-286, more
  • Somers, E. (2014). The Costa Concordia incident and liability for passenger damage: an international and European law approach, in: Govaere, I. et al. (Ed.) The European Union in the world. Essays in Honour of Marc Maresceau. pp. 341-362. hdl.handle.net/10.1163/9789004259140_020, more
  • Peer reviewed article Somers, E.; Gonsaeles, G. (2010). The consequences of the sinking of the M/S Erika in European waters: Towards a total loss for international shipping law? J. Marit. Law Commer. 41(1): 57-83, more
  • Somers, E.; Maes, F. (2011). National report for Belgium on “The law applicable on the continental shelf and in the Exclusive Economic Zone”, in: Dirix, E. et al. (Ed.) The Belgian reports at the Congress of Washington of the International Academy of Comparative Law = Rapports belges au Congrès de l’Académie Internationale de Droit Comparé à Washington = De Belgische rapporten voor het Congres van de “Académie internationale de Droit Comparé”. pp. 709 -742, more
  • Peer reviewed article Somers, E.; Maes, F. (2011). The law applicable on the Continental Shelf and in the Exclusive Economic Zone: The Belgian perspective, in: Chircop, A. et al. (Ed.) Ocean Yearbook 25. Ocean Yearbook, 25: pp. 249-276, more
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