Preface Acknowledgements Welcome Remarks Prudential and Responsible Attitudes Needed in the Practices on the Delimitation of the Extended Continental Shelf Lianzeng Chen Better Balance of the Interests Between the Coastal States and International Community Guide Jia Part I General Progress of Relative International Institutions on Extended Continental Shelf United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea Functions and Activities Sergey Tarasenko Working Progress of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf Yong Ahn Park Working Progress of International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Albert J.Hoffmann Working Progress of International Seabed Authority Nii Allotey Odunton Development in Affairs Relating to the Continental Shelf and the Area and a Few Issues to Look Into Zhanhai Zhang Part II Relevant Legal Issues of the Establishment of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf and the Area What are the Limits of Legal Interpretation of Provisions of the Convention Made by the CLCS in the Delivery of its Mandate? Galo Carrera Hurtado Redefining the Anti-Legitimization Role of the CLCS for an Encroachment upon the Area Michael Sheng-ti Gau Effect of Legal Issues,Actual or Implicit,upon the Work of the CLCS:Suspensive or Without Prejudice? Bingbing Jia Considerations of the Commission:Law and Science are Closely Intertwined Haiwen Zhang “Pandora’s Box“and Article 76 of UNCLOSA Decade of State Practice on the Outer Limit of the Continental Shelf Frida Maria Armas-Pfirter Advisory Proceedings before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Philippe Gautier The International Seabed Authority and Article 82 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the SEA Michael W.Lodge Regional Ocean Governance in the Arctic:Some Legal Implications of Changing Maritime Political Geography Aldo Chircop US Policy and Developments in the Outer Continental Shelf Jon Markham Van Dyke Part III Relevant Scientific Issues of the Establishment of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf and the Area The Continental Crust:Definition,Formation and Evolution Weidong Sun et al. The Transitional Crust Adjacent to Continental Margins Jean-Claude Sibuet Morphological and Geological Characteristics of the Gulf of Guinea Continental Margin:Implications for Continental Shelf Beyond 200M Lawrence Folajimi Awosika Evolution of the Trench-Arc-Backarc System in the Western Pacific Chao-Shing Lee Origin and Evolution of Oceanic Large Igneous Provinces Millard Filmore Coffin Seafloor Polymetallic Sulphide Resources in the Area Jiabiao Li et al. Ridges and Elevations of the Ocean Floor in the Context of the Guidelines and Recommendations of the CLCS Harald Brekke et al. Ocean Ridges and Ocean Island Chains:Their Formation and Evolution Yongshun John Chen The Role of Depositional Processes in Shaping Continental Margins and Influencing the Location of the Base of the Continental Slope Philip Symonds et al.