The South China Sea Arbitration: Understanding the Awards and Debating with China
In: Asian and Asian American Studies
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Series Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Maps -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I Understanding the Award on Jurisdiction and Admissibility and Debating with China -- 1. Summary of the Award on Jurisdiction and Admissibility of 29 October 2015 -- 2. Victory in Round 1, but Not Really a Knockout -- 3. China's Informal Participation in the Arbitration in Contravention of International Law -- 4. The Arbitral Tribunal: 200 Years of Combined Personal Professional Experience -- 5. The Lawyers of the Philippines: A Brilliant Track Record -- 6. China Should Emulate Africa in the Area of Peaceful Dispute Settlement -- 7. The South China Sea Disputes: A View from Togo (West Africa) -- PART II Understanding the Award of 12 July 2016 and Debating with China -- 8. Summary of the Award of 12 July 2016 -- 9. Reading the Award of 12 July 2016 -- 10. Are You Going to Scarborough Shoal? -- 11. Territorial and Maritime Claims in Multilateral Forums: The Example of China -- 12. Memo to Taiwan: Beijing Is (Almost Always) to Blame -- 13. The Binding Force of the Award of 12 July 2016 -- 14 Unraveling China's Conspiracy Theory of International Arbitration -- ANNEXES -- TABLE 1 MARITIME FEATURES THAT ARE THE OBJECT OF SUBMISSIONS NO. 3 TO 7 -- TABLE 2 SOUTH CHINA SEA MARITIME FEATURES REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER VI.C OF THE AWARD OF 12 JULY 2016 -- TABLE 3 OVERVIEW OF CHINA'S CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES IN THE SPRATLY ISLANDS -- TABLE 4 COMPARISON OF THE ASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF CHINA'S CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES IN THE SPRATLY ISLANDS BY CHINA'S SOA AND BY THE TRIBUNAL'S EXPERTS -- References -- Index.