Lucchini, Laurent Keywords: Small states | Islands | Law of the sea | Economic development | Mots clefs: Petits Etats | Iles | Droit de la mer | Développement économique | ABSTRACT International law is not very prolix on the Island State. Island States vary depending upon the number of islands that constitute the Island State, size (area), population, and geographical location. Thus, there is no physical unity between the Island States. In this course, Laurent Lucchini shows the opposition between the quasi-absence of legal un…