Product Description: 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...read more

Product Description: Our contemporary era has witnessed the remarkable development of China-ASEAN relations. Both sides have pledged to establish and develop a comprehensive cooperation. However, any development of international relations is governed by international legal principles, norms and rules, such as the Charter of the United Nations and general international law...read more

Product Description: China s legal system has drawn ever more attention from the international community. It has been developing at a very significant pace since China carried out economic reform and instituted an open door policy in 1978.China s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) has had a tremendous impact on the development and reform of China s legal system...read more

Product Description: Being one of the largest coastal States in the world, China s marine legal system is significant in the overall development of the international law of the sea. This book focuses on the establishment and development of China s marine legal system in the context of the new law of the sea centered on the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which China ratified in 1996...read more