Book Review

Book Review of Isaac B. Kardon, China’s Law of the Sea: The New Rules of Maritime Order

Hongyan Li and Xidi Chen *
School of Law, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China

*Correspondence: cxd21@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

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https://doi.org/10.59711/jims.11.110008

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