{"product_id":"9789819583249","title":"Worker Injustices in the South Asian Shipbreaking Industry Developing a Framework for International Legal Accountability","description":"\u003ch3\u003eInternational Law in Asia\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWorker Injustices in the South Asian Shipbreaking Industry\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDeveloping a Framework for International Legal Accountability\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMohammad Zulfikar Ali\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaw \/ Civil Rights\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book fills a critical gap in research on the shipbreaking industry by analyzing the shortcomings of current international and domestic laws. It argues that existing frameworks, such as the Hong Kong Convention and Basel Convention, are insufficient in protecting workers’ health and safety, as evidenced by ongoing fatalities and work-related diseases in South Asia’s shipbreaking industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe book proposes a new framework that goes beyond prevention to include compensation, holding international shipowners accountable for the harm caused to workers. This includes introducing a Shipbreaking Liability Certificate (SLC) and accompanying insurance, ensuring that affected workers or their families receive compensation. Drawing on lessons from other industries with successful regulatory changes, the book suggests that these measures be adopted under a legal framework supported by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to its practical recommendations, the book contributes a new theoretical approach by applying rectificatory global justice to the issue of shipbreaking, an area largely unexplored in existing literature. The combination of legal analysis and case studies provides a strong foundation for the proposed civil liability framework, offering a comprehensive solution to the challenges faced by the shipbreaking industry. This book is essential reading for anyone involved in the shipbreaking industry, from policymakers and legal experts to shipowners and international organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr Mohammad Zulfikar Ali is a Lecturer in the Curtin Law School, a sole Australian legal practitioner, and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Throughout his professional career, he has engaged with the law in his capacity as legal practitioner, judge, and academic. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs a legal practitioner Ali has provisioned legal advice to corporate clients, court advocacy to litigants and education within community legal centres and the not-for-profit sector. In his practise he focuses on Court matters with an emphasis on family law, criminal law, money laundering, corporate law, contract law and strata title. He also provides consultancy services to Australian law firms on matters of civil litigation applicable Ali provides legal advice and representation to not-for-profit community organisatio to overseas jurisdiction. As part of his active interest in public interest advocacy, ns. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHis 15 years of experience of working as a judge in Bangladesh, a common law country has developed his skill to apply international human rights law principles in domestic courts and make submissions on legal reforms. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn academia, Ali has focused on how the law interfaces with the theory of justice, post colonialism, and corporate governance. Ali's research interests are in shipbreaking policy, compensatory justice, and legal reasoning. He engages with law reform in his research sector both nationally and internationally, and has given evidence at several international forum of international shipowners. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAli is the author of “Fundamental of Business and Corporations Law: A Problem-solving Approach”, which was published in 2025  by Thomson Reuters. The book applies a comparative analysis among Australian, Chinese and Indian business and corporations’ laws. It will be used to teach post graduate students in different law schools. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHis PhD thesis examined the regulation and complexities in Global Shipbreaking Industry. His PhD work addressed the rights of workers of shipbreaking industry to receive compensation from international shipowners through an international legal mechanism. Application of the theories is unique in this area. Along with a PhD from Curtin Law School, Curtin University, he holds a Master of Human Rights Laws and Policies from the University of New South Wales, Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAli has been embedded with academics from the University of New South Wales, Edith Cowan University, and Charles Darwin University for research. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 May 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Singapore\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9789819583249\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266691190924,"sku":"9789819583249","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789819583249.jpg?v=1780601631","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789819583249","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}