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  title info:
    title: Cultural influences on the law of the sea
    sub title: history, legacy, and future prospects
  name:
    name part: Kraska, James
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Ryou-Ellison, Hayoun
    role:
      role term: editor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2025
    copyright date: 2025
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  abstract: Drawing on evidence from the origins of civilization to the present, this volume examines how cultural norms have impacted international maritime law. It brings together an expert cast of contributors - representing both the Global South and North - to explore how different regions culturally express and understand the law of the sea.
  table of contents: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- About of Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Cultural Geography and the Law of the Sea -- 1.1 What is meant by 'culture'? -- 1.2 East and West -- 1.3 The peg that stands out is pounded down: cultural cognition in the East -- 1.4 Ways to deal with conflicts -- 1.5 Goal-setting -- 1.6 North and South -- 1.7 Africa as an element of the Global South -- 1.8 Theory versus practice -- 1.9 International human rights law
  table of contents: 1.10 Protection of the marine environment -- 2 Western Europe -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Is there a common Western European culture? -- 2.3 The influence of Western European culture on the law of the sea -- 2.3.1 Codification of the law of the sea -- 2.3.2 The legal status of the sea: the distinction between areas within national jurisdiction and the high seas -- 2.3.3 The role of science and the scientific method in the law of the sea -- 2.3.4 The influence of capitalism -- 2.3.5 Language -- 2.4 Conclusion -- 3 Eastern Europe -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Baltic Sea region -- 3.2.1 Poland
  table of contents: 3.2.2 Lithuania -- 3.3 The Black Sea region -- 3.3.1 Romania -- 3.3.2 Bulgaria -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 4 Russia -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Background -- 4.3 The Russian Empire -- 4.4 The Soviet Union -- 4.5 The Russian Federation -- 4.6 Recent developments -- 4.7 Conclusion -- 5 East Asia -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 East Asia's encounter with the modern international legal system -- 5.2.1 China -- 5.2.2 Japan -- 5.2.3 Korea -- 5.3 East Asia's perspectives and the law of the sea -- 5.4 East Asia and UNCLOS -- 5.4.1 China -- 5.4.2 Japan -- 5.4.3 Korea
  table of contents: 5.5 The recent trend of the attitude of Asian states towards third-party adjudication -- 5.6 The influence of East Asian culture on the law of the sea: case studies -- 5.6.1 China: the South China Sea Arbitration -- 5.6.2 Japan: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant contaminated water discharge -- 5.6.3 Korea: the US-China 'Taiwan Strait' confrontation and Korea -- 5.7 Does 'Asian international law' exist? Or, no Asian approach to international law? -- 5.8 Conclusion -- 6 South Asia -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 First phase: peace, stability, and freedom of navigation
  table of contents: 6.2.1 Earliest evidence of maritime trade and freedom of navigation -- 6.2.2 Law of the seas in ancient India -- 6.2.3 Globalization and the culture of freedom of navigation -- 6.2.4 Development of trade centres with favourable regulations -- 6.2.5 Military uses of the sea -- 6.3 Second phase: troubled waters-monopoly and conflict -- 6.3.1 Fascination for spice -- 6.3.2 Scramble to win the spice trade -- 6.3.3 Emergence of the Portuguese -- 6.3.4 Monopolies and conflicts -- 6.3.5 Battle of the books -- 6.4 Third phase: colonization and the consolidation of the law of the sea
  target audience: Specialized.
  target audience: specialized
  note: edited by James Kraska, Hayoun Ryou-Ellison.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Law of the sea
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: International
  subject:
    topic: LAW
  classification: KZA1145 .C8 2025
  classification: 341.4509
  identifier: 9780198944164
  identifier: 0198944160
  identifier: 0198944144
  identifier: 9780198944140
  identifier: 0198944152
  identifier: 9780198944157
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: STBDS
    record creation date: 250204
    record change date: 20260319205733.6
    record identifier: in00005728062
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng