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This book focuses on the legal and procedural problems caused by China's default in the South China Sea Arbitration. Many of these problems arose because in several respects, China departed from the conduct of other defaulting States in cases before the International Court of Justice. The book argues that the Tribunal, confronted with the difficulties of maintaining the balance between two parties in a situation of default, drew on the full range of its powers to ensure that neither China nor the Philippines would suffer from China's default. Further, the book describes the shortcomings of the submissions of putative amicus curiae. It refutes China's questioning of the independence and impartiality of the experts and of the judges. In so doing, it explains the expert opinions and the Tribunal's assessments of the latter in the areas of satellite imagery, coral reef ecology, and navigational safety, while rebutting the half- truths and counter-truths disseminated by Chinese scholars about the proceedings. The book compares China's threats to the independence of the Tribunal to its behavior towards Chinese judges. It places China's accusations of bias against the Tribunal in the context of China's domestic situation, and concludes that the Tribunal, acting independently and impartially, was able to perform the judicial function, despite China's default. Alfredo C. Robles Jr. is a University Fellow at De La Salle University, Philippines. He holds doctorate degrees from the Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne), and Syracuse University. He is the author of French Theories of Regulation and Conceptions of the International Division of Labour (1994), The Political Economy of Interregional Relations: ASEAN and the EU (2004), The Asia-Europe Meeting: The Theory and Practice of Interregionalism (2008), The South China Sea Arbitration: Understanding the Awards and Debating with China (2018), Endangered Species and Fragile Ecosystems in the South China Sea: The Philippines v. China Arbitration (2020), and Vessel Collisions in the Law of the Sea: The South China Sea Arbitration (2022)

This book focuses on the legal and procedural problems caused by China's default in the South China Sea Arbitration. Many of these problems arose because in several respects, China departed from the conduct of other defaulting States in cases before the International Court of Justice. The book argues that the Tribunal, confronted with the difficulties of maintaining the balance between two parties in a situation of default, drew on the full range of its powers to ensure that neither China nor the Philippines would suffer from China's default. Further, the book describes the shortcomings of the submissions of putative amicus curiae. It refutes China's questioning of the independence and impartiality of the experts and of the judges. In so doing, it explains the expert opinions and the Tribunal's assessments of the latter in the areas of satellite imagery, coral reef ecology, and navigational safety, while rebutting the half- truths and counter-truths disseminated by Chinese scholars about the proceedings. The book compares China's threats to the independence of the Tribunal to its behavior towards Chinese judges. It places China's accusations of bias against the Tribunal in the context of China's domestic situation, and concludes that the Tribunal, acting independently and impartially, was able to perform the judicial function, despite China's default. Alfredo C. Robles Jr. is a University Fellow at De La Salle University, Philippines. He holds doctorate degrees from the Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne), and Syracuse University. He is the author of French Theories of Regulation and Conceptions of the International Division of Labour (1994), The Political Economy of Interregional Relations: ASEAN and the EU (2004), The Asia-Europe Meeting: The Theory and Practice of Interregionalism (2008), The South China Sea Arbitration: Understanding the Awards and Debating with China (2018), Endangered Species and Fragile Ecosystems in the South China Sea: The Philippines v. China Arbitration (2020), and Vessel Collisions in the Law of the Sea: The South China Sea Arbitration (2022).

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.

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