Global Commons and the Law of the Sea.

• Superior document: Maritime cooperation in East Asia ; Volume 5
• Author: Keyuan Zou (Editor)
• TeilnehmendeR: Zou, Keyuan,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, , Boston: : Brill | Nijhoff, , 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Maritime Cooperation in East Asia 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (349 pages).
• Notes: Includes index.

Global Commons’ refers to resource domains or areas that lie outside of the political reach of any one State, including sea areas beyond national jurisdiction and Antarctica. The concept of ‘global commons’ is a living concept and can accommodate, over time, other commons at the international level, such as biodiversity and generic resources. The situation of global marine commons is not that optimistic in that fishery resources continue to deplete, marine biodiversity continues to reduce, and plastic wastes in the oceans continue to increase. In international law, there are legal regimes governing global marine commons. A most important global treaty is the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC), which came into effect in 1994. It governs the high seas, international seabed and its resources, marine environmental protection, and fisheries. Global Commons and the Law of the Sea offers intellectual discussions on global marine commons. It contains six parts respectively addressing the principle of the common heritage of mankind (CHM), freedoms of high seas, deep sea mining and international seabed, area beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) governance, management of geoengineering and generic resources, and recent developments in the polar regions.

Table of Contents

Global Commons and the Law of the SeaAn Introduction / Keyuan Zou -- Applying the Principle of the Common Heritage of Mankind -- Applying the Principle of the Common Heritage of MankindAn East Asian Perspective / Seokwoo Lee and Jeong Woo Kim -- The Principle of the Common Heritage of Mankind Can be Applied to Marine Genetic Resources / Yao Huang and Changshun Hu -- Revisiting the Freedoms of High Seas -- U.s. Maritime Claims and Establishment of Marine National Monuments in the Pacific OceanA Preliminary Study of the Question Concerning Possible Encroachment of the Global Commons / Yann-huei Song -- Rethinking High Seas Fishing FreedomsHow High Seas Duties Are Catching Up / Warwick Gullett and Quentin Hanich -- Evolution of Soviet Maritime Navigation Policy and China’s Far Seas Operations / J. Ashley Roach -- Deep Sea Mining and International Seabed -- Exploring the Deep Frontier / Clive Schofield -- Deep Seabed Mining / Julia Guifang Xue and Xiangxin Xu -- The Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles and Its Superjacent WatersA Hybrid Legal Regime within and beyond National Jurisdiction / David M. Ong -- Abnj Governance -- An Unfinished Agenda / David Freestone -- Areas beyond National Jurisdiction / Lorenzo Schiano di Pepe -- The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation and High Seas Fisheries ConservationThe Potential of Private Governance for Managing Public Resources in the Global Commons / Anastasia Telesetsky -- Management of Geoengineering and Generic Resources -- International Governance on Marine Geo-Engineering for Climate Change Mitigation / Gi Hoon Hong and Young Joo Lee -- The Obligation of Due Diligence in Regulating the Marine Genetic Resources in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction / Hua Zhang -- New Developments in the Polar Regions -- The Development of the Polar Code and Challenges to Its Implementation / Zhen Sun and Robert Beckman -- Protecting the Commons in the Polar South / Karen N. Scott.