Part IV Mid-Ocean Archipelagos
7 The Application of Straight Baselines to Mid-Ocean Archipelagos
Belonging to Continental States: A Chinese Lawyer’s
Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Hua Zhang
8 A Critique Against the Concept of Mid-Ocean Archipelago . . . . . . 133
Yurika Ishii
Part V Marine Environment
9 Chinese Law and Policy on Marine Environmental Protection . . . . 151
Jiayi Wang
10 Japanese Law and Policy on Marine Environment Protection:
The Recent Activation of Ministry of Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Makoto Seta
Part VI Dispute Settlement
11 China’s Theory and Practice on Maritime Dispute Resolution . . . . 201
Bo Qu
12 UNCLOS Dispute Settlement Mechanism: Japan’s Experience
and Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Dai Tamada
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
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