Book Reviews : Peoples China and International Law: Volume 1 & 2: Jerome Alan Cohen & Hungdah Chiu. Princeton University Press, New Jersey. Set $60.00 cloth, $25.00 Paperback. Published 1974
| Date | 01 December 1972 |
| Published date | 01 December 1972 |
| DOI | 10.1177/004711787200400611 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
730
Succeeding
chapters
deal
with:
(1 )
Marine
1’ollution :
Types,
Sources.
Quantities
and
Effects:
(2)
Status
of
Marine
Pollution
in
International
Law:
(3)
Contending
Forces
(covering
military-strategic
interests,
fisheries,
etc.):
(4) The
Organizations
concerned;
(5)
The
Fonims
for
discussion
and
decision;
(6)
Intellectual
Models;
(7)
The
Proposals
(i.e.
those
of
Senator
Claiborne
Pell,
the
Danzig
Treaty,
the
Borgese
Draft,
the
U.K.
Working
Paper,
the
U.S.
Draft
Sea-Bed
Treaty
and
the
Maltese
Draft
Ocean
Space
~1’reaty.
each
of
these
followed
by
a
useful
critique);
(8)
Policy
Implications.
In
a
book
of
only
200
pages
the
subjects
covered
are
necessarily
dealt
with
summarily
and
on
the
whole
descriptively
rather
than
in
depth,
but
the
field
covered
is
very
wide
and
the
book
contains
a
vast
amount
of
in-
formation
supplemented
by
excellent
graphs
and
tables.
There
is,
of
course,
an
unavoidable
reliance
on
American
sources
but
the
chapter
dealing
with
marine
pollution
and
international
law,
ranges
from
Hugo
Grotius
to
the
Canadian
Arctic
Waters
Pollution
Prevention
Act,
the
effects
of
the
key
provisions
of
which
are
examined
fully
in
an
Appendix.
In
conclusion
the
author
writes:
&dquo;All
life
on
this
earth
is
dependent
on
a
viable
marine
ecosystem.
The
oceans
provide
our
oxygen,
our
water,
our
temperate
climates
and
our
food,
without
them
the
earth
would
be
a
wasteland.
All
human
activity
affects
the
balance
of
life
in
the
oceans.
The
cumulative
effect
of
every
interference,
no
matter
how
insignificant
in-
dividually
is
liable
to
produce
a
crown
of
thorns.
Therefore,
no
major
decision
should
be
made
without
recognizing
the
interdependent
quality
of
the
marine
environment
and
all
possible
impacts.
International
political
processes
have
not
yet
recognized
ecological
imperatives.
National
security
and
economic
development
considerations
continue
to
dominate
most
forums&dquo;.
But
if
we
go
on
thinking
in
terms
of
nation
states
the
world
is
doomed
to
disaster.
The
world
is
one,
both
humanly
and
environmentally.
Our
arrangements
must
express
this
truth
within
both
the
environment
and
in
human
organization.
Peoples
China
and
International
Law:
Volume
1
& 2:
Jerome
Alan
Cohen &
Hungdah
Chiu.
Princeton
University
Press,
New
Jersey.
Set
$60.00
cloth,
$25.00
Paperback.
Published
1974.
In
these
massive
volumes,
running
to
2000
pages,
the
authors,
Jerome
Alan
Cohen,
Professor
of
Law
and
Director
of
East
Asian
Legal
Studies,
and
Hungdah
Chiu,
a
Research
Associate,
both
at
Harvard
Law
School,
set
out
to
examine
in
considerable
detail
how
far
the
Peoples
Republic
of
China
accepts
public
and
international
law
as
regulating
its
conduct
in
the
international
sphere.
The
material
they
have
painstakingly
assembled
and
used
consists
of
‘‘official
acts
and
statements
from
every
level
of
the
Chinese
government,
editorials
and
major
articles
from
the
Peoples
Daily,
despatches
of
the
New
China
News
Agency
and
other
government
media,
the
writings
of
Chinese
scholars
and
the
speeches
of
China’s
leaders.&dquo;
These
sources
are
compared
and
interpreted
as
far
as
possible
in
the
light
of
Chinese
actions,
both
historical
and
present
day,
and
the
authors
have
provided
detailed
notes
and
commentaries
wherever
possible.
The
work
is
divided
into
ten
parts:
Part
I
The
Nature
and
Basis
of
International
Law;
Part
II
Fundamental
Principles
of
International
Law;
Part
III
Participation
in
the
International
Community;
Part
IV
Claims
to
Territory;
Part
V
The
Exercise
of
Territorial
Jurisdiction;
Part
VI
The
Exercise
of
Extraterritorial
Jurisdiction;
Part
VII
The
Immunities
and
Privileges
of
Diplomats,
Consuls
and
other
Agents
of
International
Re-
tions ;
Part
VIII
The
Law
of
Treaties;
Part
IX
The
Law
and
Practice
of
International
Organisations:
and
Part X
Disputes,
Hostile
Relations
and
Arms
Control.
In
addition
there
are
Notes,
a
Glossary,
Bibliography,
Chinese
and
Japanese
Language
Books,
a
list
of
Articles,
Periodicals
and
Newspapers
used
and
an
Index.
While
naturally
in
such
a
difficult
field
the
value
of
the
study,
based
unavoidably
upon
such
diverse
sources,
is
uneven,
the
authors
have
put
a1i
those
interested
in
the
attitude
of
the
Chinese
Peoples
Republic
to
the
international
community
greatly
in their
debt
by
their
pioneering
work
into
largely
unexplored
territory.
This
will
be
an
invaluable
reference
book
ior
anyone
undertaking
future
studies
on
specific
topics.
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