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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalDr. (Capt.) Vivek Jain qualified as a barrister in England and Wales in 2003. His academic qualifications include B.Sc. (N. Sc.) (India) with First Class with Distinction, LL. B. (Hons) and LL. M. (Maritime Law) with merit from the University of London, B.V.C. (Very Competent) in London, an M.B.A. from Norway and a Ph.D. in International Law from a prestigious university in China. After completing his B.Sc. (Nautical Sc.) at the prestigious T.S. Rajendra College of Nautical Science (India), where he obtained first class with distinction, he sailed on merchant vessels and completed his Master Read More...
Dr. (Capt.) Vivek Jain qualified as a barrister in England and Wales in 2003. His academic qualifications include B.Sc. (N. Sc.) (India) with First Class with Distinction, LL. B. (Hons) and LL. M. (Maritime Law) with merit from the University of London, B.V.C. (Very Competent) in London, an M.B.A. from Norway and a Ph.D. in International Law from a prestigious university in China.
After completing his B.Sc. (Nautical Sc.) at the prestigious T.S. Rajendra College of Nautical Science (India), where he obtained first class with distinction, he sailed on merchant vessels and completed his Master Mariner Certificate of Competency (unlimited) in the UK with an award. After qualifying as a lawyer, he worked for many years in a law firm and later at a global marine insurance company in London and Shanghai. He currently works as a legal consultant at a firm in Singapore, where he assists its worldwide clients with arbitration, legal and claim matters.
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In times of unstable Geo-political Flux…
This book deals with the various interdisciplinary issues of the Indian Ocean, individually and collectively, such as its history, geography, nautical elements, economics, trade routes (old and new), blue economy, deep-sea mining, fisheries management, tourism, scourge of piracy, pollution, Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982), and the different perspectives of its littoral countries on geopolitics, internationa
In times of unstable Geo-political Flux…
This book deals with the various interdisciplinary issues of the Indian Ocean, individually and collectively, such as its history, geography, nautical elements, economics, trade routes (old and new), blue economy, deep-sea mining, fisheries management, tourism, scourge of piracy, pollution, Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982), and the different perspectives of its littoral countries on geopolitics, international law, international relations and maritime partnerships.
It is the most important ocean in the world – 33% of the global population lives in the area and 50-60% of the world’s maritime trade transits through it. In addition, around 60% of global oil, and 26% of global gas reserves, along with pristine beaches are located here.
To comprehend the interdisciplinary issues, the editor embarked on a voyage to discover, persuade and collaborate with exceptionally brilliant, influential experts from prominent littoral countries – India, Indonesia, Iran, South Africa, Malaysia and Singapore – with relevant experience to expound the above subject areas.
In addition, geopolitical conflicts/hostilities and trade wars are on the rise; war seems inevitable but not imminent. Any conflict is likely to originate in other oceans and seas but will end up impacting the Indian Ocean’s littoral countries. Accordingly, these countries must comprehend the interdisciplinary issues and the special role of the Indian Ocean to prevent all-encompassing wars/hostilities from widening at a global level and thereafter must flesh out plans to shield themselves. They must also understand the area’s role in working towards global peace by comprehending the above interdisciplinary issues.
Seafarers are the core of all maritime trade and their expectations/perspectives alone should be at the centre of all solutions for maritime skills. Taking this standpoint, the editor has explored the issues of maritime skills with critical gaps following a framework of research methodology. The issue of critical gaps in maritime skills is further exacerbated due to the impact on seafarers caused by changes in – the ecosystem, status & relationship with stak
Seafarers are the core of all maritime trade and their expectations/perspectives alone should be at the centre of all solutions for maritime skills. Taking this standpoint, the editor has explored the issues of maritime skills with critical gaps following a framework of research methodology. The issue of critical gaps in maritime skills is further exacerbated due to the impact on seafarers caused by changes in – the ecosystem, status & relationship with stakeholders, technology, focus on renewable energy, anxiety levels and so forth. Furthermore, stakeholders can no longer ignore the fact that seafarers are leaving a seagoing career after working for only a few years. Therefore, there is a need for portability of skills to shore jobs. In addition one of critical gap pertains to female seafarers, who are crucial to plug the shortages but they need safe working environment.
The editor thereafter divided the researched critical gaps in maritime skills into four groups (Jain’s Model for Maritime Skills) – Panoptic, Social Intelligence, Upskilling & Reskilling for onboard vessels skills, and Portable Skills for future shore jobs. Panoptic and Social Skills are core skills required for both on board and shore jobs.
Thereafter, the editor embarked on a voyage to discover, persuade, collaborate with a number of exceptionally experienced subject-matter experts from 8 countries, from both deck and engine and from both genders to collaboratively pursue many mini-research projects across all selected maritime skills, adopting specific methodology to plug these critical gaps in maritime skills.
In these times of protests, wars, pandemics and other disruptions, this book explores the reasons behind a lack of credibility in governance and legal systems in many jurisdictions by uniting diverse fields of sociology, history, ethnology, anthropology, and comparative law.
Are history and religion relevant to the content and practice of law? Revolutions have a propensity to press the reset button by erasing all previous laws and at times, re-st
In these times of protests, wars, pandemics and other disruptions, this book explores the reasons behind a lack of credibility in governance and legal systems in many jurisdictions by uniting diverse fields of sociology, history, ethnology, anthropology, and comparative law.
Are history and religion relevant to the content and practice of law? Revolutions have a propensity to press the reset button by erasing all previous laws and at times, re-stating history. Should their relevance be examined by lawyers, scholars, sociologists and others? In many jurisdictions, even academic debates surrounding the relevance of history and religion in law are considered unthinkable, forbidden, sacrilegious and even profane. What about the role of customary laws/unwritten laws or the use of religion in family and personal laws or the use of historical laws? Why then is the taking of oaths still required, pursuant to religions in courtrooms and law?
The editor submits that, in most jurisdictions, history and religious jurisprudences remain a compelling perspective, whether through the content or interpretation of laws, or when such perspectives are used as customary law/unwritten laws in these places.
The editor, with the assistance of top experts/scholars/lawyers from the nine jurisdictions of Russia, China, Ukraine, India, Israel, Turkey, Indonesia, Brazil and Nigeria examines the issues of history, religion [Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Judaism and so on], revolutions, indigenous peoples and influence of external laws/legal transplants in the evolution of law and its practice. Readers will gain unique perspectives and find the examination of history and legal history for all nine jurisdictions, from ancient times to the present day, exhilarating.
In times of global uncertainty and trade war, this book can fulfill the gap in existing knowledge about China...
China, the economic powerhouse, is on the mind of many in the 21st century due to projects such as Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) and probably the dispute resolution system for projects under BRI.
This is probably the first book in the world that has analysed the law in action in the Chinese courts w
In times of global uncertainty and trade war, this book can fulfill the gap in existing knowledge about China...
China, the economic powerhouse, is on the mind of many in the 21st century due to projects such as Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) and probably the dispute resolution system for projects under BRI.
This is probably the first book in the world that has analysed the law in action in the Chinese courts with civil justice process in the background. In any jurisdiction, the civil justice system is run by judges, and therefore, the understanding of the thought process of Chinese judges become very important.
The thought process of Chinese judges is dependent on the legal history, current political philosophy, evolution of legal jurisprudence, evolution of law and various norms and customs, evolution of the concept of justice and procedural fairness, a concept of discretionary power of the judges and even their willingness to exercise those powers, civil procedure law and its practice and so forth.
The above factors are the invisible factors and contexts that are compared with similar invisible factors and contexts from a more widespread Common Law via Comparative Law Methodology. The concepts from civil law jurisdictions are also brought in the analysis at times to get a clear essence. Many stakeholders focus on the hardware of the legal system, but it’s the software of the legal system that makes all the difference for substantive and procedural justice.
In any jurisdiction, a civil justice system is a mirror image of any society. This book can even shed light on the Chinese society, its legal system, legal history, culture and philosophy and how it compares with the contemporaneous societies within the other common law jurisdictions.
In times of global uncertainty and trade war, this book can fulfill the gap in existing knowledge about China...
China, the economic powerhouse, is on the mind of many in the 21st century due to projects such as Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) and probably the dispute resolution system for projects under BRI.
This is probably the first book in the world that has analysed the law in action in the Chinese courts w
In times of global uncertainty and trade war, this book can fulfill the gap in existing knowledge about China...
China, the economic powerhouse, is on the mind of many in the 21st century due to projects such as Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) and probably the dispute resolution system for projects under BRI.
This is probably the first book in the world that has analysed the law in action in the Chinese courts with civil justice process in the background. In any jurisdiction, the civil justice system is run by judges, and therefore, the understanding of the thought process of Chinese judges become very important.
The thought process of Chinese judges is dependent on the legal history, current political philosophy, evolution of legal jurisprudence, evolution of law and various norms and customs, evolution of the concept of justice and procedural fairness, a concept of discretionary power of the judges and even their willingness to exercise those powers, civil procedure law and its practice and so forth.
The above factors are the invisible factors and contexts that are compared with similar invisible factors and contexts from a more widespread Common Law via Comparative Law Methodology. The concepts from civil law jurisdictions are also brought in the analysis at times to get a clear essence. Many stakeholders focus on the hardware of the legal system, but it’s the software of the legal system that makes all the difference for substantive and procedural justice.
In any jurisdiction, a civil justice system is a mirror image of any society. This book can even shed light on the Chinese society, its legal system, legal history, culture and philosophy and how it compares with the contemporaneous societies within the other common law jurisdictions.
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