The South China Sea Arbitration

Understanding the Awards and Debating with China

Alfredo C. Robles (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2019
Liverpool University Press (Verlag)
9781845199623 (ISBN)

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The South China Sea Arbitration, which marks the first time that the Philippines and China have been parties to a compulsory dispute settlement procedure, is a landmark legal case. The Tribunal tackled head-on critical issues in the interpretation and application of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea that other international courts have failed to address, particularly the compatibility of historic rights with the Convention, the identification of maritime features as permanently submerged or above water at high-tide, and the distinction between features that are fully entitled to maritime zones and those that are not. In addition, the Tribunal also had to decide on issues as diverse as near-collisions at sea, illegal fishing of giant clams and sea turtles, and the destruction of fragile coral reefs resulting from island-building. The Tribunals task was rendered arduous by Chinas refusal to appear before it. In these circumstances, understanding the Tribunals decisions is a challenging undertaking. Chinas public relations campaign targeting the proceedings raised issues that the layperson could readily grasp, notably African states support for its non-appearance, the integrity of the judges, and the validity of arbitral awards. Understanding the Awards and Debating with China aims to facilitate understanding of the South China Sea Arbitration by presenting detailed summaries of the two Arbitral Awards. The author rebuts the questionable claims raised by Chinas public relations campaign and highlights Chinas covert actions during the proceedings.

Alfredo C. Robles, Jr. is University Fellow at De La Salle University, Manila. He holds doctorate degrees in International and European Studies from the Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne and in Political Science from Syracuse University. He has taught at institutions in East Asia, North America, and Western Europe and published extensively on ASEAN-EU relations and the Asia-Europe Meeting in East Asia and Western Europe.

Erscheinungsdatum	04.01.2019
Reihe/Serie	The Liverpool Library of Asian & Asian American Studies
Verlagsort	Liverpool
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	630 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-13	9781845199623 / 9781845199623
Zustand	Neuware