Symmons, Clive R --- "Maritime zones from islands and rocks" [2014] ELECD 723; in Jayakumar, S.; Koh, Tommy; Beckman, Robert (eds), "The South China Sea Disputes and Law of the Sea" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014) 55

Book Title: The South China Sea Disputes and Law of the Sea

Editor(s): Jayakumar, S.; Koh, Tommy; Beckman, Robert

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783477265

Section: Chapter 3

Section Title: Maritime zones from islands and rocks

Author(s): Symmons, Clive R

Number of pages: 66

Abstract/Description:

Small insular formations have in more recent times, with the advent of major maritime zones such as the 200 nautical miles (nm) exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the expanded definition of the continental shelf in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), caused legal disputes all over the world in terms not just of entitlement to such zones under UNCLOS, but also as to what effect, if any, they should have in delimitation of such zones between neighbouring States. Several such formations are situated in Eastern Asia in the South and East China Seas and the Sea of Japan. This chapter has particular reference to the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, where insular problems are particularly acute.