Law of the Sea in East Asia: Issues and

Law of the Sea in East Asiaselects 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. The five sections of this book explore 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. Crossing over the subjects of international law, and in particular the law of the sea in East Asia, this book will of huge interest to academics, professionals and policy-makers alike.

List of tables

ix

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xiii

List of abbreviations

xv

Introduction

1

(10)

PART I Compliance with the law of the sea

11

(34)

1 Maintaining the marine legal order in East Asia

13

(18)

2 Basic marine laws of mainland China and Taiwan: comparisons and regional implications

31

(14)

PART II Territorial disputes and maritime boundary delimitation

45

(42)

3 The Chinese traditional maritime boundary line in the South China Sea and its legal consequences

47

(14)

4 Dispute over the Scarborough Reef

61

(10)

5 Maritime boundary delimitation in the Gulf of Tonkin

71

(16)

PART III Fishery management

87

(34)

6 Sino-Japanese joint fishery management in the East China Sea

89

(20)

7 Sino-Vietnamese Fishery Agreement in the Gulf of Tonkin

109

(12)

PART IV Safety of navigation and maritime security

121

(34)

8 Redefining the legal status of the Taiwan Strait

123

(17)

9 Crackdown on piracy in the South China Sea and prospects for regional cooperation

140

(15)

PART V Neglected issues in the law of the sea

155

(20)

10 Maritime historic rights and China's practice

157

(18)

Appendix I: Fishery Agreement between the People's Republic of China and Japan

175

(6)

Appendix II: Agreement on Fishery Cooperation in the Beibu Gulf between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

181

(9)

Notes

190

(39)

Bibliography

229

(5)

Index

234

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Law of the Sea in East Asia: Issues and Prospects

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