2012年是《联合国海洋法公约》签署并实施30周年。《联合国海洋法公约》可谓海洋法中的“宪法”，它的签署和实施，对国际海洋秩序起到了巨大的作用。去年，中国海洋大学举办了纪念《联合国海洋法公约》签署30周年的小型国际学术研讨会，《联合国海洋法公约<1982-2012>签署30周年--成绩与展望》(作者：薛桂芳）是会议论文成果的汇编。全书为英文写作。

Part I. Marine Resources & Regional Maritime Challenges under UNCLOS

Thirty Years of UNCLOS and Submarine Cables

(Douglas R. Burnett)

The Legal Assessment of the l]legal Fishing Activities of Chinese Fishing Vessels:

A Focus on Detention of Foreign Vessels

(Seokwoo Lee & Young Kil Park)

China, Sustainable Fisheries and Biodiversity with a

Focus on Asia -Pacific

(Katherine Short )

Oil in the Arctic: a Plus or Minus in Maritime Dispute

Management?

(Nong Hong)

UNCLOS at 30 : Africa at 50

(Patrick H. G. Vrancken)

Part I1: UNCLOS & Protection of the Marine Environment

Application of the Doctrine of State Responsibility for Pollution

Damage from SHIP- BORNE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

(Yinan Yin)

Ballast Water Management and Control

(Anthony Morrison & Martin Tsamenyi )

Straits Used for International Navigation and Emerging Norms of Customary

International Law to Protect the Environment and Human Health and to Improve Safety

(Sherry P. Broder)

Perfecting Article 43 of UNCLOS : Taking the Oil Spill

Emergency Response Cooperative Mechanism in the Strait of Malacca as Illustration

(Mei Hong)

Part II1: Maritime Boundary Disputes & UNCLOS

Dispute Resolution

One Step Forwards, Two Steps Back?: Progress and Challenges in the Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries since the drafting of the United Nations

Convention on the Law of the Sea

(Clive Schofiel d)

The Role of Islands on Maritime Boundaries Delimitation: a Look at the Bangladesh/Myanmar Case

(Leonardo Bernard)

Dispute Settlement in Practice: Assessing Progress and Challenges in the South China Sea Region

(Ramses Amer & Jianwei Li)

Dispute Settlement in the Law of the Sea Convention and

Territorial and Maritime Disputes in Southeast Asia:

Issues, Opportunities and Challenges

(Lowell Bautista)

Part IV: UNCLOS in the Face of a Changing Climate

Climate Change Induced Challenges in the African Union:

A Policy, Security and Developmental Perspective

(Oliver C. Ruppel)

Sailing Stormy Seas: Response of the Law of the Sea to

Climate Change Impacts

(Gui fang Xue)

China's Coming to the Arctic: Perception and

Misconception

(Kai Sun)