Wednesday, December 14, 2016

New Issue: Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy

The latest issue of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy (Vol. 1, no. 2, 2016) is out. Contents include:
  • Articles
    • Robert Beckman, ‘Deliberate Ambiguity’ and the Demise of China’s Claim to Historic Rights in the South China Sea
    • Tran Thang Long, Impacts of the Award of the Arbitral Tribunal in the Case between the Philippines and China
    • Anh Duc Ton, Innocent Passage of Warships: International Law and the Practice of East Asian Littoral States
  • State Law of the Sea Practice in Asian Pacific States
    • Seokwoo Lee, Hee Eun Lee, Hyo Jin Lee, & Kyu Rang Kim, The Gap between Korean Law and the People’s Perception of the Abandonment of Duties
    • Jun Zhao, China’s Initiative to Revive the Maritime Silk Road for Trade and Development
    • Chen-Ju Chen, State Practice of Taiwan Regarding Underwater Cultural Heritage Preservation
    • Tran H.D. Minh, Recent Practice on Enforcement of Vietnam’s Customs Law in Its EEZ
    • Anastasia Telesetsky, United States Humpback Whale Conservation Management
  • Current Legal Developments
    • Clive R. Symmons, First Reactions to the Philippines v China Arbitration Award Concerning the Supposed Historic Claims of China in the South China Sea
    • Keyuan Zou, Historic Rights in the South China Sea Arbitration Case
    • Lorenzo Schiano di Pepe, Arbitral Tribunal Constituted under Annex VII of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Permanent Court of Arbitration Case No. 2015–28, The Italian Republic v. The Republic of India Concerning the “Enrica Lexie” Incident, Provisional Measures, Order of 29 April 2016
    • Zhen Sun, Tenth Anniversary of the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combatting Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
    • Leonardo Bernard, The Impact of ICJ’s Preliminary Decision on the Nicaragua v Colombia Case to the Asia Pacific Region