Regions, Institutions, and Law of the Sea: Studies in Ocean Governance xvi, 554 pp. Edition
Author(s): Harry N. Scheiber (Editor), Jin-Hyun Paik
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff
Publication Date: 21 Mar. 2013
Edition: xvi, 554 pp.
Language: English
Print length: 570 pages
ISBN-10: 9004220208
ISBN-13: 9789004220201
Book Description
Regions, Institutions, and Law of the Sea: Studies in Ocean Governance xvi, 554 pp. Edition offers fresh perspectives both on issues specific to major ocean regions, and on the nature and functions of institutions that implement the legal order of the oceans. Of special interest is a set of chapters by distinguished scholars and jurists providing nuanced analysis of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea as a key actor in the institutional and regime structure. Other expert authors contribute timely analysis of specific ocean uses in the context of implementation of “soft” and “hard” law. Piracy, global warming and ecosystem challenges, geo-engineering, control of pollution in shipping operations, Seabed Authority policy, and performance of the UN Regional Seas Programme are among key issues presented in both their regional and legal dimensions. Also considered in depth are law, ocean policy, and the operation of international organizations in Northeast Asia, Latin America, the Indian Ocean region, the African coastal areas, and the Arctic.
The accessibility of subject matter and the readability of the text’s 26 chapters enhance the value of this book as an important addition to the literature. Regions, Institutions, and Law of the Sea is the latest publication of the Law of the Sea Institute at UC Berkeley, a major voice in the global debates of contemporary ocean law and policy. Inha University-Incheon was a major co-sponsor of the project.
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About the Author
Harry N. Scheiber, M.A., Ph.D. (Cornell University), D. Jur. hon.c. (Uppsala) is the Stefan Riesenfeld Chair Professor and Chancellor’s Professor, Emeritus, in the School of Law, University of California, Berkeley. He is Co-Director of the Law of the Sea Institute at UC Berkeley and is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, honorary life fellow and former president of the American Society for Legal History, and twice a Guggenheim Fellow. He has published extensively on ocean law, marine fisheries management, history of American constitutional law, and law and economic policy. He also heads the UC Berkeley Law School’s Sho Sato Program in Japanese and U.S. Law and is Director of its Institute for Legal Research.
Jin-Hyun Paik, Ph. D. (Cambridge University), has been Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea since 2009. He is also Professor of international law at Seoul National University and was Dean of its Graduate School of International Studies. He is President of Sea Lanes of Communication (SLOC) Study Group Korea and former president of the Korean Academic Council for the United Nations System (KACUNS). He has written widely on public international law, the law of the sea and international conflict management.
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