Maritime Order and the Law in East Asia

Many of the maritime disputes today represent the competing interests of two groups: coastal states and user states. This edited volume evaluates the role of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in managing maritime order in East Asia after its entry into force in 1994, while reflecting upon various interpretations of UNCLOS. The book provides an overview of key maritime disputes occurring in the Asia Pacific, and it examines case studies from a selection of representative countries to consider how these conflicts of interest reflect their respective national interests, and the wider issues that these interpretations have created in relation to navigation regimes, maritime entitlement, boundary delimitation and dispute settlement.