Marine Scientific Research, New Marine Technologies and the Law of the Sea.

Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Editors and Contributors -- Chapter 1 Marine Scientific Research, New Marine Technologies and the Law of the Sea: An Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Structure and Contents -- 3 Conclusion -- Part 1 Legal Regime for Marine Scientific Research under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea -- Chapter 2 The Legal Framework of Marine Scientific Research under unclos: Present and Prospects -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The msr Regime under unclos -- 2.1 General Overview -- 2.2 Maritime Zones under National Jurisdiction -- 2.3 The Areas beyond National Jurisdiction -- 3 Problems and Ambiguities within the msr Regime -- 3.1 Key Terms Left Undefined -- 3.2 Jurisdictional Conflicts -- 3.3 Insufficiency to Cover New Practice and Technology -- 3.4 Limited Access to Dispute Settlement Mechanism -- 4 Facilitating msr by Promoting Cooperation and io Engagement -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgement -- Chapter 3 What Is and What Is Not Covered by Part xiii of unclos? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Text of Part xiii -- 3 Argo Floats -- 4 Meteorological Data -- 5 Hydrographic Surveying -- 6 Monitoring and Environmental Assessment -- 7 The Area -- 8 Archaeological and Historical Objects -- 9 Military Data-Gathering -- 10 Conclusions -- Chapter 4 Redefining Marine Scientific Research in unclos: Could Evolutionary Interpretation Play Any Role? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Definition of msr at the Negotiating Stage of unclos -- 3 The Legal Uncertainties Resulting from Undefined msr -- 3.1 Distinctions between Pure and Applied Research? -- 3.2 Bioprospecting -- 3.3 Hydrographic and Military Surveys -- 4 The Rationale for Applying Evolutionary Interpretation to unclos -- 4.1 unclos as a "Living Instrument".

4.2 unclos as a "Constitution for the Oceans" -- 5 The Application of Evolutionary Interpretation to msr in the Context of unclos -- 5.1 The Preconditions for the Application of Evolutionary Interpretation to msr -- 5.2 msr Redefined through Evolutionary Interpretation -- 5.3 Can Evolutionary Interpretation be Realized through International Adjudication? -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- Part 2 Legal Issues Arising from Newly-Developed Navigational Technology -- Chapter 5 A Preliminary Study of the International Legal Issues Arising from China's Plans to Deploy fnpp s in the South China Sea -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Alternative Nuclear Technologies: The Concept of fnpp and State Practices -- 3 China's Plans to Build fnpp s and Concerns Raised -- 4 International Legal Issues Arising from China's Plans to Deploy fnpp s in the scs -- 4.1 Legal Status of fnpp s: Vessel, Artificial Island, or Offshore Installation? -- 4.2 Issue of Jurisdiction -- 4.3 China's Obligations to Adopt Legislative and Regulatory Framework -- 4.4 China's Responsibility Regarding Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection -- 4.5 China's Responsibility Regarding Nuclear Security -- 4.6 Legal Issues Related to Transport of fnpp s -- 4.7 China's Obligations to Protect and Preserve the Marine Environment when Deploying and Operating the fnpps -- 4.8 Nuclear Liability Issues -- 4.9 Implications of Sovereignty and Maritime Disputes for the Deployment of the Chinese fnpp s in the scs -- 5 Some Unsolicited Policy Recommendations -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 6 Regulation of Autonomous Maritime Weapon Systems under the Governance Framework of International Law -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Challenges of Defining amws -- 2.1 Examples of amws -- 2.2 Need for a Definition of amws to Determine Legality under ihl and Law of the Sea -- 3 Governance of amws in Maritime Zones.

4 International Regulation and Governance of Attacks with amws -- 4.1 Distinction -- 4.2 Proportionality, and Prohibition on Inflicting Unnecessary Suffering and against Attacking Those Not (Directly) Involved in Hostilities -- 4.3 Accountability and Liability -- 5 Improving Artificial Intelligence and Updating the Law for amws Governance -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Developments of Unmanned and Autonomous Merchant Ships: Legality under the unclos -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Legal Status of an Unmanned and Autonomous Merchant Ship -- 2.1 Safety and Autonomy Level -- 2.2 Seaworthiness and Manning -- 3 Legislative Jurisdiction over the Unmanned and Autonomous Merchant Ship -- 3.1 Flag State Jurisdiction -- 3.2 Jurisdiction of the Port State over Foreign Ships -- 3.3 Jurisdiction of the Coastal State over Foreign Ships -- 3.4 Jurisdiction on the High Seas -- 4 Unmanned and Autonomous Ships' Right of Navigation -- 4.1 Innocent Passage -- 4.2 Transit Passage -- 4.3 Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage -- 4.4 Freedom of Navigation -- 5 Preventing, Reducing and Controlling Pollution from the Unmanned and Autonomous Ship -- 5.1 Enforcement by Flag States -- 5.2 Enforcement by Coastal States -- 5.3 Enforcement by Port States -- 6 Conclusion -- Part 3 Marine Scientific Research in State Practice -- Chapter 8 Korea's Implementation of Marine Scientific Research -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Major Laws and Hydrographic Surveys and Classification -- 2.1 Major Laws: Marine Scientific Research Act -- 2.1.1 Significance -- 2.1.2 Marine Scientific Research by Foreigners -- 2.2 Other Laws -- 2.3 Hydrographic Surveys and Classification -- 3 Overlapping Jurisdiction in Waters and Marine Scientific Research -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Marine Scientific Research: Island States' Policies and Practices -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Context of Marine Scientific Research.

3 Development of the msr Regime -- 4 msr in the 1982 UN Convention on Law of the Sea -- 5 msr: Applied and Pure -- 6 Contemporary Practical Examples of msr in Coastal and Island States -- 7 Island State -- 8 Inherent Problems -- 9 Coastal and Island States' Participation and Provision of msr Outcomes -- 10 Conduct during msr -- 11 Selected Island States' Legislation -- 11.1 Cape Verde Islands -- 11.2 Comoros -- 11.3 Cyprus -- 11.4 Fiji -- 11.5 Indonesia -- 11.6 Ireland -- 11.7 Jamaica -- 11.8 Japan -- 11.9 Madagascar -- 11.10 Maldives -- 11.11 Mauritius -- 11.12 Sao Tome and Principe Islands -- 11.13 Seychelles -- 11.14 Singapore -- 11.15 Sri Lanka -- 11.16 Pacific Island Regional Ocean Policy -- 11.17 Vanuatu -- 12 Sharing of Data -- 13 Summary -- Annex i: Island States (Listed in Descending Order by Surface Area of eez) -- Annex ii: Information Required for Submitting an 'Application to Conduct msr' in the Maritime Zones of the Republic of Maldives -- Chapter 10 The Role of International Organisations in the Promotion of Marine Scientific Research in Pacific Small Island Developing States -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Marine Scientific Research under the Law of the Sea -- 2.1 The First UN Conference on the Law of the Sea -- 2.2 The Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea -- 3 The Practice and Evaluation of Competent International Organisations -- 3.1 Overview of Competent International Organisations -- 3.2 The Practice of Competent International Organisations in Promoting Marine Scientific Research in the Pacific Region -- 3.2.1 The Dissemination and Transfer of Information and Knowledge -- 3.2.2 Capacity Building -- 3.2.3 The Establishment of Criteria and Guidelines -- 4 Evaluation of International Organisations' Work and Lessons Gained -- 5 Conclusions.

Chapter 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 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 States' Obligations in the Disputed Sea Areas in Relation to msr -- 3 Contents of the Obligations under Paragraph 3 of Both Article 74 and Article 83 of unclos in Relation to msr Conducted in Disputed Sea Areas -- 3.1 Comparison between Provisional Measures and the Obligations under Paragraph 3 of Both Article 74 and Article 83 of unclos -- 3.2 Contents of the Obligations under Paragraph 3 of Both Article 74 and Article 83 of unclos -- 3.3 Special Consideration of msr in Relation to the Obligation of Self-restraint -- 4 Geographical Spheres Where the Obligation of Self-Restraint Is Applied, Namely, "Disputed Sea Areas" -- 5 State Practice in the East China Sea -- 5.1 China-Japan Relationship -- 5.2 Korea-Japan Relationship -- 5.3 Significance of "Provisional Arrangements" -- 6 Enforcement Measures against Vessels Conducting msr That Are Not Legally Allowed -- 7 Concluding Remarks -- Part 4 Emerging Challenges to the Freedom of Marine Scientific Research -- Chapter 12 Marine Scientific Research and Marine Genetic Resources: A Proposal for a Global Ocean Research Consortium for Areas beyond National Jurisdiction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Hopes for Marine Genetic Resources and "Patent" Fears of States -- 3 Legal Regimes to Govern Marine Genetic Resources within National Jurisdiction -- 3.1 Law of the Sea Convention's Marine Scientific Research Regime -- 3.2 Nagoya Protocol -- 4 Debates to Create Value for Marine Genetic Resources beyond National Jurisdiction -- 5 Global Ocean Research Consortium -- 6 Conclusion.

Chapter 13 Technology Transfer for the High Seas: Potential Modalities for Technology Transfer under the International Legally Binding Instrument.

Marine Scientific Research, New Marine Technologies and the Law of the Sea offers expert insights into new legal developments covering marine scientific research (MSR) including marine genetic resources regime development and emerging marine technologies including floating nuclear power plants.

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