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Central East Asian maritime boundaries and the law of the sea

Article Abstract:

The Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS), changes in relations between coastline nations, and advances in maritime boundary law are forces that may ultimately settle the ongoing sea boundary disputes among Central East Asian countries, including China and Japan. Although certain environmental and resource development issues can be solved regionally without resolving boundary issues, the LOS Convention provides ground rules and codified law for settling such disputes. Despite ambiguities in its delimitation and dispute provisions, the Convention's guidelines could prove useful in issues involving islands, unhabitable rocks, straight and archipelagic baseline systems, reefs, and historic claims.

Territorial waters, Boundaries, Boundaries (Geography), Asia, Eastern

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Progress in international criminal law?

Article Abstract:

Developments in international criminal law during 1998 are discussed. Developments include the United Nation's progress toward establishing an international criminal court and the growing international acceptance of effective enforcement of international criminal law.

Editorial, Surveys, International law, Criminal law

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Rocks that cannot sustain human habitation

Article Abstract:

This article discusses the legal role of rocks in maritime delimitation, presenting interpretations of the Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone.

Islands

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