Maritime Order and the Law in East Asia [Hardcover]

Many of the maritime disputes today represent a competing interest of two groups: coastal states and user states. This edited volume evaluates the role of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in managing maritime order in East Asia after its ratification in 1994, while reflecting upon various interpretations of UNCLOS. Providing an overview of the key maritime disputes occurring in the Asia Pacific, it examines case studies from a selection of representative countries to consider how these conflicts of interest reflect their respective national interests, and the wider issues that these interpretations have created in relation to navigation regimes, maritime entitlement, boundary delimitation and dispute settlement.

Preface

Introduction

Gordon Houlden, Nong Hong

1. China-ASEAN Relations in the South China Sea: Persistent Patterns and Obstacles to Cooperation

Sourabh Gupta

2. The East China Sea: Sea of Regional and Global Confrontation

Reinhard Drifte

3. Historic Concepts Vs. Contemporary Maritime Regimes in UNCLOS: Chinas Claims in the South China Sea

Nong Hong

4. Navigational Rights, Freedoms, and Interests in the South China Sea: The Philippines Perspective

Jay Batongbacal

5. Indonesia: An Archipelagic State's Perspectives on the Law of the Sea

Etty R. Agoes

6. Balancing the Rights of Coastal States and User States in the Post-UNCLOS Age: Vietnam and Navigational Rights

Hao Duy PHAN

7. The United States and Accession to UNCLOS: A Case of How Domestic Political Polarization Results in Free Ridership

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