China's marine legal system and the law of the sea / / Zou Keyuan.

• Superior document: Publications on ocean development ; 48
• Author: Zou, Keyuan.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Publications on ocean development ; v. 48.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (395 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Being one of the largest coastal States in the world, China's marine legal system is significant in the overall development of the international law of the sea. This book focuses on the establishment and development of China's marine legal system in the context of the new law of the sea centered on the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which China ratified in 1996. It consists of five parts concerning, respectively, a general survey of China's marine legal system, navigation and maritime security, marine resources management, marine environmental protection and marine scientific research. China's basic marine laws and regulations are discussed and assessed in detail throughout the book. The book is of interest to lawyers, whether practicing or academic, officials in national governments and international organizations and students and scholars in academia, who are interested in international law, international relations and ocean affairs.

Table of Contents

Preface, -- Acknowledgements, -- I. Introduction, -- 1. Building a Marine Legal System in China: An Overview, -- II. Navigation and Maritime Security, -- 2. Navigation of Foreign Ships within China's Jurisdictional Waters, -- 3. Innocent Passage for Foreign Warships, -- III. Marine Resources Management, -- 4. The Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf Regime, -- 5. Management of Marine Living Resources, -- 6. Management of Offshore Petroleum Development, -- 7. China's Efforts in Deep Seabed Mining, -- IV. Marine Environmental Protection, -- 8. Legal Regime for Marine Environmental Protection, -- 9. Maritime Jurisdiction over Vessel-Source Pollution in the Exclusive Economic Zone, -- 10. Management of Marine Nature Reserves, -- V. Marine Scientific Research, -- 11. Marine Scientific Research and Foreign Cooperation, -- 12. Chinese on the Poles, -- Appendix. Selected Chinese Marine Laws, -- 1. Law on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, -- 2. Law on the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf, -- Selected Bibliography.