This paper examines operation of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), established under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC). The CLCS makes recommendations, based on data submitted by coastal states about the outer limits of their continental shelf (beyond 200...

There are two aspects to the controversy over the Okinawa Trough between the States bordering the East China Sea. The scientific aspect concerns whether the Okinawa Trough disrupts the unity of the continental shelf in the East China Sea, and the legal aspect concerns whether geophysical factors...