The Defaulting State and the South China Sea Arbitration

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 t