《海洋發(fā)展和國際法》致力于有關(guān)管理海洋使用和活動的國際和比較法和政策的所有方面。它側(cè)重于海洋管理、海洋事務(wù)和各種形式的海洋利用的國際方面。在國際海洋法、國內(nèi)比較海洋法、政治學(xué)、海洋經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)、地理學(xué)、航運(yùn)、海洋科學(xué)、海洋工程和其他海洋技術(shù)等相關(guān)學(xué)科發(fā)表高質(zhì)量的學(xué)術(shù)著作。重點討論政策備選辦法和與政策有關(guān)的因素，以及理論和方法性質(zhì)的貢獻(xiàn)。

Ocean Development and International Law is devoted to all aspects of international and comparative law and policy concerning the management of ocean use and activities. It focuses on the international aspects of ocean regulation, ocean affairs, and all forms of ocean utilization. The journal publishes high quality works of scholarship in such related disciplines as international law of the sea, comparative domestic ocean law, political science, marine economics, geography, shipping, the marine sciences, and ocean engineering and other sea-oriented technologies. Discussions of policy alternatives and factors relevant to policy are emphasized, as are contributions of a theoretical and methodological nature.