Vessel collisions in the law of the sea: the south China sea arbitration
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms -- 1 Introduction -- I. The Safety of Navigation in the South China Sea -- II. Overview of the South China Sea Arbitration -- III. Overview of the Book -- References -- 2 The Uncontested Factual Background -- I. The Philippine Account -- A. The Incidents of 28 April 2012: The Near-Collisions of BRP Pampanga and BRP Edsa II with FLEC 310 -- B. The Incidents of 26 May 2012: The Near-Collisions of MCS 3008 with Several Chinese Vessels -- II. China's Failure to Deny the Facts -- A. A Remarkable Contrast -- B. The Risks of Denying Facts: The Impeccable Incident -- References -- 3 The COLREGS, Mariners, and States -- I. The COLREGS and Mariners -- A. The COLREGS and the Practice of Mariners -- B. The Simplicity of the COLREGS -- II. The COLREGS and States -- A. International Acceptance of the COLREGS -- B. The Duty of States Parties to Give Effect to the COLREGS -- Annex 3.1: Aids to Memory in Four Verses by Thomas Gray, 14 October 1867 -- References -- 4 The COLREGS and the Arbitral Tribunal's Jurisdiction -- I. The COLREGS as "Generally Accepted International Regulations" -- A. The Scholarly Debate on the Concept of "Generally Accepted International Regulations" in the Convention -- B. The Travaux Préparatoires of the Geneva Convention on the High Seas 1958 -- II. The COLREGS and the Limits of the Convention's Compulsory Dispute Settlement System -- A. The COLREGS and the Inapplicability of the "Law Enforcement Activities" Exception -- B. The CSIL's Post-Arbitration Critique of the Award on Jurisdiction: The Alleged Inapplicability of the COLREGS in the Territorial Sea -- References -- 5 The Violations of the COLREGS as Violations of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea -- I. The General Rule of Responsibility.