The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) represents one of the most successful examples of multilateral treaty making in the modern era.

Donald R. Rothwell is Professor of International Law at the ANU College of Law, Australia

David Letts is Director of the Military Law Program, and Director of the Centre for Military and Security Law at the ANU College of Law, Australia

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List of contributors

Foreword

Preface

Table of cases

Table of treaties and other international instruments

1 The law of the sea and South East Asia

Donald R. Rothwell and David Letts

2 Maritime claims in South East Asia

Donald R. Rothwell

3 An incomplete maritime map: progress and challenges in the delimitation of maritime boundaries in South East Asia

Clive Schofield

4 Maritime security in South East Asia

David Letts

5 Advancing marine environmental security in South East Asia: challenges and opportunities

Robin Warner

6 Climate change and the law of the sea in the Asia Pacific

K aren N. Scott

7 The limits of the natural state doctrine: rocks, islands and artificial intervention in a changing world

Imogen Saunders

8 The Law of the Sea, status and message ambiguity

ROB MCLAUGHLIN

9 The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in South East Asia: smooth sailing or stormy seas?

TIM STEPHENS

10 'Do As I Do, Not As I Say' - navigational freedom and the Law of the Sea Convention

DALE STEPHENS AND TIMOTHY QUADRIO

11 Regimes of navigation and maritime security in South East Asia

HITOSHI NASU

12 Crossing the Rubicon: Singapore's evolving relations with China in the context of the 2016 arbitral award

SEE SENG TAN

13 Saving the South China Sea fishery

MAR INA TSIRBAS

14 Dispute resolution and the law of the sea following the South China Sea arbitration

NATALIE KLEIN

15 Challenges for the law of the sea in South East Asia: resolving current controversies and addressing horizon threats

DAVID LETTS AND DONALD R. ROTHWELL

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