Law of the sea in East Asia : issues and prospects / / Zou Keyuan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451271403321
• Autore: Zou Keyuan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-134-26765-7; 1-280-28144-8; 9786610281442; 0-203-02319-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Studies in International Law
• Disciplina: 343.509/6
• Soggetti: Law of the sea - East Asia; Maritime law - East Asia; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [214]-218) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Law of the Sea in East Asia: Issues and prospects; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I Compliance with the law of the sea; 1 Maintaining the marine legal order in East Asia; 2 Basic marine laws of mainland China and Taiwan: Comparisons and regional implications; Part II 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 III Fishery management6 Sino-Japanese joint fishery management in the East China Sea; 7 Sino-Vietnamese Fishery Agreement in the Gulf of Tonkin; Part IV 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 V Neglected issues in the law of the sea; 10 Maritime historic rights and China's practice; Appendix I: Fishery Agreement between the People's Republic of China and Japan; 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 VietnamNotes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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, ter