CHINESE (Taiwan) YEARBOOK OF IINTERNATIONAL LAW AND AFFAIRS Vol. 26 (2008)

Edited by Ying-jeou Ma

The Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs commenced publication in 1981 under the auspices of the Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law. The Yearbook publishes on multi-disciplinary topics with a focus on international and comparative law issues regarding Taiwan, Mainland China and cross-strait relations. The Yearbook is one of the foremost publications in the world concentrating on issues of greater China.

Table of Contents

Preface byYing-jeou Ma

Leading Articles

Stefan P. Fleischauer, Non-State Negotiations between China and Taiwan – On the Road to European-Style Integration?

Tom Hart, How Far Can They Succeed? Systematic Speculation on the Prospects for Further Advances in Cross-Strait Relations

Der-Chin Horng, The EU Model for a Taiwan-China Free Trade Agreement

Michael Romancov & Magda Leichtová, Kosovo, Ossetia and Abkhazia – A New Strategy of Superpowers? Challenges and Risks for Taiwan

Günter Schucher, Where Minds Meet: The “Professionalization” of Cross-Strait Academic Exchange

Han-yi Shaw, Revisiting the Diaoyutai/Senkaku Islands Dispute: Examining Legal Claims and New Historical Evidence under International Law and the Traditional East Asian World Order

Essays and Recent Developments

Chun-Yuan Lin, Global Positioning and Transjudicialism: Taiwanese Experience from a Global Perspective

Ivan Willis Rasmussen, Regional Conflict and Contrasting Nationalisms: The Impact of Nationalism on the China-Taiwan Conflict Negotiation

Contemporary Practice and Judicial Decisions Of The Republic Of China Relating To International Law (2008)

Commentary on judgments and policy documents covering the following topics:

International Law in General • Subjects of International Law •International Organizations • Human Rights / Treatment of Aliens • Territory and Territorial Jurisdiction • State Responsibility • The Law of the Sea, Environment, Health, and Aviation • The Law of Treaties • Diplomatic, Consular, and Similar Relations • Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes • The Lienhe Incident and the Diaoyutai Islands • Arms Control, Use of Force, and International Criminal Law • International Economic Relations • Private International Law • Cross-Strait Relations

Treaties/Agreements and Official, Semi-Official or Unofficial Agreements Concluded by the Republic of China with Other Countries in 2008

Including agreements with Central American, States, Honduras, Jordan, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Solomon Islands, Swaziland, United Arab Emirates, United States

ISSN: 0731-0854

• Hardback • 400pp • 2010 •

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