part, I Regional maritime order overview
chapter Introduction / Gordon Houlden Nong Hong
chapter 1 China-ASEAN relations in the South China Sea
Persistent features and obstacles to cooperation / Sourabh Gupta
chapter 2 The East China Sea
Sea of regional and global confrontation / Reinhard Drifte
part, II National perspective
chapter 3 Historic concepts vs. contemporary maritime regimes in UNCLOS
China's claims in the South China Sea / Nong Hong
chapter 4 Navigational rights, freedoms, and interests in the South China Sea
The Philippines' perspective / Jay L. Batongbacal
chapter 5 Indonesia
An archipelagic state's perspectives on the law of the sea / Etty R. Agoes
chapter 6 Balancing the rights of coastal states and user states in the post-UNCLOS age
Vietnam and navigational rights / Hao Duy Phan
chapter 7 The United States and accession to UNCLOS
A case of how domestic political polarization results in free ridership / Anastasia Telesetsky
part, III Navigation related issues and UNCLOS
chapter 8 Freedom of navigation and the UNCLOS order / Mira Rapp-Hooper
chapter 9 The prior notification issue of military activities in EEZ / Ying Yang
chapter 10 Maritime confidence-building measures
Assessing China-US MOU on notification of major military activities and rules of behavior / Yan Yan
part, IV Maritime entitlement, delimitation and dispute settlement and UNCLOS
chapter 11 The Sino-Philippine arbitration on the South China Sea disputes
A preliminary assessment of the merits award / Michael Sheng-ti Gau
chapter 12 Archipelagos and archipelagic regimes in the law of the sea / Sophia Kopela
chapter 13 Low-tide elevations
A contemporary analysis / Yinan Bao
chapter 14 Resolving disputes under UNCLOS when the coastal and user states are disputed / Natalie Klein.