《海洋发展和国际法》致力于有关管理海洋使用和活动的国际和比较法和政策的所有方面。它侧重于海洋管理、海洋事务和各种形式的海洋利用的国际方面。在国际海洋法、国内比较海洋法、政治学、海洋经济学、地理学、航运、海洋科学、海洋工程和其他海洋技术等相关学科发表高质量的学术著作。重点讨论政策备选办法和与政策有关的因素，以及理论和方法性质的贡献。
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.
