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- Title
Re-Evaluating the Role of International Law in Territorial and Maritime Disputes in East Asia.
- Authors
NASU, Hitoshi; ROTHWELL, Donald R.
- Abstract
Recently increased tensions across East Asia over territorial and maritime disputes show glimpses of brinkmanship. However, the past experiences of Western colonization and Japan's imperialism within the region add complexity to those disputes challenging our understanding of legal debates surrounding territorial and maritime disputes. This article examines the extent to which the relevant rules of international law are capable of providing “justice” by accommodating the unique historical contexts in the region in settling highly politically sensitive territorial and maritime claims. It finds that the existing rules of international law are more than capable of accommodating the peculiar historical contexts of East Asia in the resolution of territorial and maritime disputes, whilst acknowledging that certain ambiguities in the law are contributing to some of the current tensions that have arisen over these disputes.
- Subjects
EAST Asian politics &; government; MARITIME war (International law); INTERNATIONAL law; INTERNATIONAL conflict; INTERNATIONAL relations; COLONIZATION
- Publication
Asian Journal of International Law, 2014, Vol 4, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
2044-2513
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S2044251313000210