1st Edition

Law of the Sea in East Asia Issues and Prospects

By Keyuan Zou Copyright 2005
    260 Pages
    by Routledge

    260 Pages
    by Routledge

    Law of the Sea in East Asia selects the most prominent maritime legal issues that have emerged since the post-LOS Convention era for a detailed discussion and assessment. The current marine legal order in East Asia is based on the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS Convention) and accordingly coastal states in the region are obliged to cooperate amongst themselves to exercise their rights and perform their duties.

    Keyuan, a respected expert in the fields of international and Chinese law, explores issues concerning compliance with the law of the sea, territorial disputes and maritime boundary delimitation, fishery management, safety of navigation and maritime security, and neglected issues in the law of the sea. This is the first book to examine maritime laws in East Asia, and as such will appeal to academics of law and Asian studies, lawyers and policy makers.

    Part One: Compliance with the Law of the Sea 1. Maintaining the Marine Legal Order in East Asia 2. Marine Laws of Mainland China and Taiwan: Comparison and Regional Implications Part Two: Territorial Disputes and Maritime Boundary Delimitation 3. The Chinese Traditional Maritime Boundary Line in the South China Sea and Its Legal Consequences 4. Dispute over the Scarborough Reef 5. Maritime Boundary Delimitation in the Gulf of Tonkin Part Three: Fishery Management 6. Sino-Japanese Joint Fishery Management in the East China Sea 7. Sino-Vietnamese Fishery Agreement for the Gulf of Tonkin Part Four: Safety of Navigation and Maritime Security 8. Redefining the Legal Status of the Taiwan Strait 9. Crackdown on Piracy in the South China Sea and Prospects for Regional Cooperation Part Five: Neglected Issues in the Law of the Sea 10. Maritime Historic Rights and China's Practice

    Biography

    Zou Keyuan is Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. He specialises in international and Chinese law and is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law and is Deputy-Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of International Law.