Abstract
Ten titles, themes, etc., chosen at random, were examined, so as to show how contradictory and confusing they are, when we holistically look at them. Efforts were made to dissolve the contradictions and to get rid of the confusions by applying my one-dot theory and, for example, the crab and frog motion model.
Once done, the same theory and a series of models were used to describe, explain, and infer or predict the contents of those ten publications, flyer/conference agenda, etc., logically, systematically, and coherently. Another way of saying the same thing is that what I have done is to convert and/or reinvent them, thereby offering an original, new perspective.
Many crab and frog motion models were built, so as to enable me to slot in the information, (scientific and technical) data, and analysis of the contents in those writings. It is not impossible.
A sincere plea, therefore, is that we should consistently apply an appropriate theory and model to study ocean governance and along with it international regimes because we have to convince ourselves first before convincing others. It would not be an easy intellectual task, if done non-“dialectically.” Ask yourself: Can, for example, the game theory accomplish the same task?
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See their article, “Canada, the EU, and Arctic Ocean Governance: A Tangled and Shifting Seascape and Future Directions,” Journal of Transnational Law & Policy, Vol. 18, No.2 (Spring 2009), pp. 247–287 at p. 249.
- 2.
(U.K.: Ashgate Publishing 2008), 278 pages.
- 3.
Ocean and Coastal Law Journal, Vol.14, No.1 (2008), pp. 147–154.
- 4.
Referred paper presented to the Australian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Newcastle, September 25–27, 2006, 11 pages.
- 5.
Journal of International Development, Vol.13, No.7 (October 2001), pp. 933–950.
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(Gland, Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources 2001), 124 pages. The revised version was dated 2003.
- 7.
This is a PowerPoint presentation at the United Nations (UN), dated September 26 and 27, 2002.
- 8.
This January 2012 article is derived from the author’s Comparative Ocean Governance: Placed-based Protections in an Era of Climate Change (Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Press 2012). The author stated no citation without permission. Therefore, I will only mention the title of the author’s article.
- 9.
Environment, Vol.49, No.4 (May 2007), pp. 20–32.
- 10.
This is a 2005 research paper written for the Nippon Foundation of Japan and the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs of the UN.
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Other cornerstones of contemporary international law of the sea include two Implementing Agreements, the Part XI Deep-Sea Mining Agreement, and the August 1995 Fish Stocks Agreement.
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- 13.
Tanaka from note 2, p. 24.
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Ibid. from note 2, p. 11 and p. 12.
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Ibid. from note 2, p. 21.
- 16.
Ibid. from note 2, p. 148.
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Repetto, p. 22, p. 23, and p. 27.
- 18.
Tanaka from note 2, p. 1.
- 19.
Repetto, p. 36.
- 20.
Ibid., p. 7.
- 21.
Kimball, pp. 35–36.
- 22.
Ibid., pp. 81–84.
- 23.
Tanaka, p. 8 and Baker, p. 149.
- 24.
Tanaka, p. 14, 24, 7, respectively.
- 25.
Ibid., p. 1.
- 26.
Ibid., p. 2.
- 27.
Ibid.
- 28.
Ibid., p. 3, 4.
- 29.
Ibid., p. 7, 8, 9, 13, 15.
- 30.
Ibid., p. 9.
- 31.
Ibid., p. 10.
- 32.
Ibid., p. 13.
- 33.
Ibid., p. 17.
- 34.
Ibid., p. 15.
- 35.
Ibid., p. 17, 25.
- 36.
Ibid., p. 24, 25.
- 37.
Baker, p. 147, 154.
- 38.
Koivurova, Molenaar, and Vanderzwaag, p. 250.
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Based on distance from the coast. See Tanaka, p. 6.
- 40.
Young et. al., p. 22, 29.
- 41.
Ibid., p. 23.
- 42.
Ibid., p. 28.
- 43.
Ibid., p. 25.
- 44.
Tanaka mentioned this adjective. See p. 18, 19.
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Koivurova, Molenaar, and Vanderzwaag, pp. 256–257.
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Ibid., p. 257.
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Ibid., p. 249.
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To wit, internal waters; territorial seas; archipelagic waters; the exclusive economic zone (EEZ); the high seas; the contiguous zone; the continental shelf; and the Area, which is under the control of the operational organ, namely, International Seabed Authority.”
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Young, et al., p. 22.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_cod. Accessed 13 Feb 2012.
- 51.
Kimball, p. 54.
- 52.
Repetto, p. 58.
- 53.
Kimball, p. 26.
- 54.
Tanaka, p. 16, p. 17, p. 241.
- 55.
Allison, p. 934, 941.
- 56.
Allison did not mention the adjective, global, on page 942. He only mentioned (sub-)national, regional, and international scales.
- 57.
Ibid., p. 936.
- 58.
Baker, p. 147.
- 59.
Ibid.
- 60.
Allison, p. 935.
- 61.
Ibid., p. 938.
- 62.
Haward and Vince, p. 6.
- 63.
Baker, p. 147.
- 64.
Repetto, p. 56.
- 65.
Tanaka, pp. 13–15.
- 66.
Repetto, p. 49.
- 67.
Ibid., p. 50.
- 68.
Koivurova, Molenaar, and Vanderzwaag, p. 253.
- 69.
Repetto, p. 20.
- 70.
Koivurova, Molenaar, and Vanderzwaag, pp. 266–267.
- 71.
Haward and Vince, p. 2.
- 72.
Young et al. said, while not a panacea, the essence of it is the introduction of shared decision making that offers a voice to user group and manager group. See p. 28. Repetto mentioned stakeholders and governments. See p. 15.
- 73.
Haward and Vince, p. 3.
- 74.
Kimball, p. 2.
- 75.
For the video in Mandarin Chinese and other languages, see http://www.msc.org/cm?set_language=zh. Accessed 16 Feb 2012.
- 76.
Kimball, p. 59.
- 77.
Tanaka, pp. 10–13. To NGUYEN QUOC DINH, the ocean, international canals, international rivers as well as air and outer spaces are part of “domaine public international,” See ibid., p. 12. To Georges Scelle, territorial waters is a legal fiction. See ibid., p. 10.
- 78.
Ibid., p. 12.
- 79.
Ibid., pp. 14, 24, and 7, respectively. In pages 12 and 13, the term, regime, was mentioned three times.
- 80.
Repetto, p. 33.
- 81.
Ibid., p. 34.
- 82.
On page 54, Repetto mentioned the term, legal measures.
- 83.
Tanaka, p. 16 and Baker, p. 149.
- 84.
Tanaka, p. 25.
- 85.
In Sujian GUO’s Chinese Politics and Government (London: Routledge 2012), Chap. 1 covered the basic methodologies, theoretical models, and theoretical controversies in the study of Chinese (Communist) politics. Yet, the author e-mailed me saying he did not discuss the dialectical approach, theory, and model because he did not intend “to exhaust all models and theories for a textbook, but introduce most of the popular ones.” His e-mail to me, dated February 11, 2012.
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YU, Ph. (2015). Ocean Governance and International Regimes: A One-Dot Theory Conversion and/or Reinvention. In: Ocean Governance, Regimes, and the South China Sea Issues. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-329-3_3
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