科目ナンバー

JG-OL5-205L

履修条件・関連科目等

Students are required to have basic English ability (minimum TOEIC 600 or equivalent). Advance knowledge of international law is not required, but desirable.

授業で使用する言語

英語

授業で使用する言語（その他の言語）

授業の概要

This course critically examines the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in the light of contemporary international challenges such as maritime boundary disputes, the sea level rise, illegal fishing practices, whaling, irregular migrants by sea, emerging environmental issues such as marine plastics and underwater noise, modern piracy, and issues related to the protection of human rights at sea. This course further analyses other multilateral, regional, bilateral and unilateral strategies, both formal and informal, which are adopted by members of the international community in addressing these challenges and how they can conflict with or reinforce each other. This course not only highlights the limits and possibilities of the law of the sea, but also discusses crosscutting issues - the intersection between the law of the sea and other international legal disciplines including international human rights law, international criminal law, and international environmental law - and proposes strategies towards a systematic integration of different international legal disciplines.

科目目的

This course examines contemporary challenges in the law of the sea, analyses recent international judicial decisions in detail, and discusses how the law of the sea can evolve through law-making, policy-making, and interpretation. This course requires students to actively engage in classroom discussion based on questions posed during lectures.

到達目標

Students will be able to have a good understanding of the law of the sea. They will be expected to discuss whether existing international law is capable of addressing the contemporary challenges and to recommend alternatives to existing legal strategies.

授業計画と内容

１．Introduction to the law of the sea
２．The South China Sea dispute
３．The East China Sea dispute
４．The Arctic Ocean
５．The sea level rise, ocean acidification, ocean warming
６．Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
７．Biodiversity within and beyond areas of national jurisdiction
８．Whaling
９．Marine plastics, underwater noise
10. Marine renewable energy
11．Nuclear energy and the discharge of radioactive wastewater
12．Modern piracy, armed robbery against ships
13．Trafficking of persons by sea, Irregular migrants by sea
14．Presentations by students

授業時間外の学修の内容

指定したテキストやレジュメを事前に読み込むこと

授業時間外の学修の内容（その他の内容等）

Students will be required to read materials provided for each class. Those who are not familiar with the law of the sea are encouraged to read the relevant chapter from a standard textbook of public international law.

授業時間外の学修に必要な時間数／週

・毎週１回の授業が半期（前期または後期）または通年で完結するもの。１週間あたり４時間の学修を基本とします。
・毎週２回の授業が半期（前期または後期）で完結するもの。１週間あたり８時間の学修を基本とします。

成績評価の方法・基準

成績評価の方法・基準（備考）

Students will be required to write a term paper (minimum 3000 words) and give an oral presentation at the end of the course on a topic of their interest.

課題や試験のフィードバック方法

授業時間内で講評・解説の時間を設ける

課題や試験のフィードバック方法（その他の内容等）

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容

ディスカッション、ディベート／プレゼンテーション

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容（その他の内容等）

授業におけるICTの活用方法

実施しない

授業におけるICTの活用方法（その他の内容等）

実務経験のある教員による授業

いいえ

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験の内容

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験に関連する授業内容

テキスト・参考文献等

There will be no textbook for this class. A selection of short texts, case commentaries, and newspaper articles will be provided to the students in advance as reading materials.

The following books are recommended for students to study the basics on the law of the sea:
(1) Churchill, Lowe, & Sander, The Law of the Sea. 4th ed. Manchester U. Pr., UK, 2022.
(2) Rothwell & Stephens, The International Law of the Sea, Bloomsbury, 2016.
(3) Yoshifumi Tanaka, The International Law of the Sea, 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Please also check the Japan volume of the Encyclopedia of Ocean Law and Policy in Asia-Pacific (Seokwoo Lee ed., Brill, 2022) for studying Japanese ocean law and policy.

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