Maritime Cooperation in Semi-Enclosed Seas, edited by Keyuan Zou, brings together distinguished scholars to discuss how and to what extent Article 123 of the LOSC has been implemented in state practice in East Asia and Europe, and what kind of existing experiences can be observed and lessons drawn so as to promote maritime cooperation in semi-enclosed seas. An interdisciplinary approach has been taken to broaden the scope of discussion on how to strengthen the implementation of the LOSC.
The book is divided into four parts: âInternational Legal Framework for Semi-Enclosed Seas Cooperation,â âCooperative Management of Marine Resources,â âHandling Non-Traditional Security Issues,â and âNew Challenges to Semi-Enclosed Seas Cooperation.â In addition to general discussions on semi-enclosed seas, the volume offers special geographic coverage of the East China Sea and South China Sea in East Asia and the North Sea and Mediterranean Sea in Europe.
Keyuan Zou, Ph.D. in International Law (1989), is Harris Professor of International Law at the University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom. He has published extensively in the field of international law, in particular the law of the sea.
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1 Maritime Cooperation in Semi-Enclosed Seas: An Introduction
âKeyuan Zou
Part I: International Legal Framework for Semi-Enclosed Seas Cooperation
2 UNCLOS and the Obligation to Cooperate: International Legal Framework for Semi-Enclosed Seas Cooperation
âSeokwoo Lee and Jeong Woo Kim
3 The Duty of Cooperation in Semi-Enclosed Seas: Exploring the Way Forward for the South China Sea
âHua Zhang
4 Cooperation and Boundaries in the North Sea: The Position of the United Kingdom before and after Brexit
âChristopher Whomersley
Part II: Cooperative Management of Marine Resources
5 Is Joint Development of Offshore Oil and Gas Possible in the Semi-Enclosed Seas in Asia?
âMasahiro Miyoshi
6 Seeking Joint Development in the East China Sea
âKeyuan Zou
7 Prospects for Cooperation over Shared Natural Resources in the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles and Implications of Article 82 of the UNCLOS for Land-Locked, Developing States in Semi-Enclosed Seas
âDavid M. Ong
Part III: Handling Non-Traditional Security Issues
8 Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling at Sea: Safety Aspects and Role of the European Union
âLorenzo Schiano di Pepe
9 Envisioning a Cooperative Future for the East Asian Seas: Best Practices in Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment
âRobin Warner
10 Cooperation in the South China Sea through the Implementation of MARPOL Annex VI
âMary George
Part IV: New Challenges to Semi-Enclosed Seas Cooperation
11 International Threat-Making in a Semi-Enclosed Sea: A Survey of Challenges to Cooperation in the South China Sea, 1949â2014
âC.J. Jenner
12 Will the COC Smooth down the South China Sea Disputes?
âJulia Guifang Xue
13 Domestic Factors behind Chinaâs Response to the Maritime Disputes
âFeng Zhu and Na Chang
âIndex
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