Friday, November 18, 2011

New Volume: Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs

The latest volume of the Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs (Vol. 27, 2009) is out. Contents include:
  • Articles
    • Saša Istenič, Opportunities, Obstacles and Challenges for Mainland China and Taiwan in Adopting CBMs in the Military/Security Domain
    • Rafael Leal-Arcas, On China’s Economic Rise: Multilateral versus Regional Attitudes in Trade Agreements and the PCA with the EU
    • Yann-huei Song, The Application of Article 121(3) of the Law of the Sea Convention to the Five Selected Disputed Islands in the South China Sea
    • Simon NM Young, Constitutional Rights in Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal
  • Essays and Recent Developments
    • Andrew Friedman, Pragmatism over Idealism: Public Interest Advocacy in the People’s Republic of China and the Importance of Collaboration
    • Scott Yi-Chun Lin, Globalization, the State, and Cross-Strait Relations: Scenarios for Taiwan
    • Ted L. McDorman, A Note on the May 2009 FAO Draft Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate IUU Fishing
    • Cho-Hsin Su, Reminiscent of Zollverein – The ECFA from A Constructivist View