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China and the law of the sea, air and environment
Ocean Management, 6 ( 1 9 8 1 ) 3 1 5 - - 3 2 3 Q Elsevier Scientific Publishing C o m p a n y , A m s t e r d a m - - P r i n t e d in T h e N e t h e r l a n d s
B o o k Reviews
OFFSHORE OIL TECHNOLOGY, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Energy Technology Review, 38; Ocean Technology Review, 8 M. William Ranney IVoves Data Corporation, New Jersey, 1979, 396pp., US $ 42.00
This is another b o o k in the review series published by Noyes Data Corporation. These series provide the reader with an up-to
CHINA AND THE LAW OF THE SEA, AIR AND ENVIRONMENT Jeanette Greenfield Sijthof and Noordhoff, Alphen aan den Rijn, 1979, 362pp., US $ 32.50, Dfl. 65.00.
Jeanette Greenfield's b o o k may be said to have a double function. Its first function is to describe China's current practice and policy in the field of the
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law o f the sea a n d - to some e x t e n t - also in the fields of air and environm e n t in general. Th e t r e a t m e n t of the law of the sea relates to the activities of the United Nations initiated by its General Assembly in 1973 and aiming at the creation of a new taw to take the place of the 1958 Geneva conventions on the law o f the sea. Much has been written on the subject during the years after 1973 and m a n y controversies have occurred bot h in the c o m p e t e n t United Nations organs and in the discussions within its m e m b e r States. The book by J ean ette Greenfield is rare because of its very detailed and c o m p e t e n t comparison of the policies discussed within the U.N. and the position towards the r e f or m taken by one of its m e m b e r States with vast interest in th e uses of the oceans. T he b o o k can, t herefore, be described as a national legal s t u d y - let be written by an American s c h o l a r - on China and the oceans. We may hope t ha t similar i m p o r t a n t national studies will appear and together c o m p l e t e a useful set on national political and legal commentaries to the new law of the sea. We shall n o t try to c o m m e n t on the "Chinese f u n c t i o n " of this impressive b o o k , but return to the s t a t e m e n t made above of its " d o u b l e f u n c t i o n " . When or if the U.N. program has been c o m p l e t e d , m a n y books may appear similar to Greenfield's b o o k on Chinese public law and on international law as u n d e r s t o o d in China. But it m a y be in place to state, that e v e r y b o d y engaged in public international law and particularly interested in the current efforts to create a new general international law of the sea has very good reasons to turn to J e a ne t t e Greenfield's book. Hilding Eek (Brandon, Ve.)
OFFSHORE MINERAL RESOURCES
Proceedings of an Internationa/ Seminar, Orleans, 2 3 - 2 7 October 1978, Sponsoredby GERMINAL Documents du B.R.G.M., No: 7, 1979, 585 pp., FF. 170.00, US $ 34.00.
On October 23--27, 1978, a seminar on offshore mineral resources was held in Orleans, France. Sponsored by GERMINAL and the Bureau de Recherches G~ologiques et Mini~res, this seminar brought together about 200 persons from 22 nations to discuss the problems involved in finding, developing and exploiting the various mineral deposits of the ocean. Of the 27 papers presented at the seminar, 11 are included in the proceedings in English, the remainder being presented in French. R4sum~s of all papers are
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B o o k Reviews
OFFSHORE OIL TECHNOLOGY, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Energy Technology Review, 38; Ocean Technology Review, 8 M. William Ranney IVoves Data Corporation, New Jersey, 1979, 396pp., US $ 42.00
This is another b o o k in the review series published by Noyes Data Corporation. These series provide the reader with an up-to
CHINA AND THE LAW OF THE SEA, AIR AND ENVIRONMENT Jeanette Greenfield Sijthof and Noordhoff, Alphen aan den Rijn, 1979, 362pp., US $ 32.50, Dfl. 65.00.
Jeanette Greenfield's b o o k may be said to have a double function. Its first function is to describe China's current practice and policy in the field of the
315
law o f the sea a n d - to some e x t e n t - also in the fields of air and environm e n t in general. Th e t r e a t m e n t of the law of the sea relates to the activities of the United Nations initiated by its General Assembly in 1973 and aiming at the creation of a new taw to take the place of the 1958 Geneva conventions on the law o f the sea. Much has been written on the subject during the years after 1973 and m a n y controversies have occurred bot h in the c o m p e t e n t United Nations organs and in the discussions within its m e m b e r States. The book by J ean ette Greenfield is rare because of its very detailed and c o m p e t e n t comparison of the policies discussed within the U.N. and the position towards the r e f or m taken by one of its m e m b e r States with vast interest in th e uses of the oceans. T he b o o k can, t herefore, be described as a national legal s t u d y - let be written by an American s c h o l a r - on China and the oceans. We may hope t ha t similar i m p o r t a n t national studies will appear and together c o m p l e t e a useful set on national political and legal commentaries to the new law of the sea. We shall n o t try to c o m m e n t on the "Chinese f u n c t i o n " of this impressive b o o k , but return to the s t a t e m e n t made above of its " d o u b l e f u n c t i o n " . When or if the U.N. program has been c o m p l e t e d , m a n y books may appear similar to Greenfield's b o o k on Chinese public law and on international law as u n d e r s t o o d in China. But it m a y be in place to state, that e v e r y b o d y engaged in public international law and particularly interested in the current efforts to create a new general international law of the sea has very good reasons to turn to J e a ne t t e Greenfield's book. Hilding Eek (Brandon, Ve.)
OFFSHORE MINERAL RESOURCES
Proceedings of an Internationa/ Seminar, Orleans, 2 3 - 2 7 October 1978, Sponsoredby GERMINAL Documents du B.R.G.M., No: 7, 1979, 585 pp., FF. 170.00, US $ 34.00.
On October 23--27, 1978, a seminar on offshore mineral resources was held in Orleans, France. Sponsored by GERMINAL and the Bureau de Recherches G~ologiques et Mini~res, this seminar brought together about 200 persons from 22 nations to discuss the problems involved in finding, developing and exploiting the various mineral deposits of the ocean. Of the 27 papers presented at the seminar, 11 are included in the proceedings in English, the remainder being presented in French. R4sum~s of all papers are
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