Full Description
Viewed from space, one might imagine "Planet Ocean" a more apt name for Earth. For policymakers from oceanic States, the oceans are the next frontier for scientific discoveries and deployments of new technologies. Marine Scientific Research, New Marine Technologies and the Law of the Sea offers legal insights from international scholars based in Asia, Europe, and North America on existing and evolving legal regimes for marine scientific research and marine technology under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Topics covered include marine scientific research in disputed areas, unmanned and autonomous merchant ships, floating nuclear power plants, and marine genetic resources.
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1 Marine Scientific Research, New Marine Technologies, and the Law of the Sea
An Introduction
Keyuan Zou and Anastasia Telesetsky
PART 1
Legal Regime for Marine Scientific Research under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
2 The Legal Framework of Marine Scientific Research under unclos
Present and Prospects
Yao Huang and Wenlan Yang
3 What is and What is Not Covered by Part xiii of unclos?
Christopher Whomersley
4 Redefining Marine Scientific Research in unclos
Could Evolutionary Interpretation Play any Role?
Hua Zhang
PART 2
Legal Issues Arising from Newly-Developed Navigational Technology
5 A Preliminary Study of the International Legal Issues Arising from China's Plans to Deploy FNPP S in the South China Sea
Yann-huei Song
6 Regulation of Autonomous Maritime Weapon Systems under the Governance Framework of International Law
M Jahanzeb Butt and Yen-Chiang Chang
7 Developments of Unmanned and Autonomous Merchant Ships Legality under the unclos
Ling Zhu and Richard W. W. Xing
PART 3
Marine Scientific Research in State Practice
8 Korea's Implementation of Marine Scientific Research
Seokwoo Lee and Young Kil Park
9 Marine Scientific Research
Island States' Policies and Practices
Vivian Louis Forbes
10 The Role of International Organisations in the Promotion of Marine Scientific Research in Pacific Small Island Developing States
Chao Zhang
11 Marine Scientific Research Conducted in Disputed Sea Areas Including Seabed Where Delimitation is Not Agreed
An Analysis from General and Particular Perspectives of the East China Sea
Atsuko Kanehara
PART 4
Emerging Challenges to the Freedom of Marine Scientific Research
12 Marine Scientific Research and Marine Genetic Resources
A Proposal for a Global Ocean Research Consortium for Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
Anastasia Telesetsky
13 Technology Transfer for the High Seas
Potential Modalities for Technology Transfer under the International Legally Binding Instrument
Stephen Minas
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