The South China Sea disputes and law of the sea / edited by S. Jayakumar, Tommy Koh, Robert Beckman. - xiv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - NUS Centre for International Law series . - NUS Centre for International Law series. .

Papers based on CIL Roundtable on the South China Sea, International Law and UNCLOS held in Singapore, 27-28 June, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / S. Jayakumar, Tommy Koh and Robert Beckman -- Offshore features subject to claims of sovereignty / Bernard H Oxman -- Defining the'boundary' between land and sea: territorial sea baselines in the South China Sea / Clive Schofield -- Maritime zones from islands and rocks / Clive R Symmons -- Maritime delimination and offshore features / Tullio Treves -- Rights and jurisdiction over resources in the South China Sea: UNCLOS and the'nine-dash line' / Ted L McDorman -- Do the coastal states in the South China Sea have a continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles? / Alex Oude Elferink -- Rights and obligations in areas of overlapping maritime claims / David Anderson and Youri van Logchem -- UNCLOS Part XV and the South China Sea / Robert Beckman.

This book explores in detail the application of specific provisions of the UNCLOS and how the framework of international law applies to the South China Sea.

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