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Jayakumar, S; Koh, Tommy; Beckman, Robert; Davenport, Tara; Phan, Hao Duy --- "Conclusion" [2018] ELECD 979; in Jayakumar, S.; Koh, Tommy; Beckman, Robert; Davenport, Tara; Phan, D. Hao (eds), "The South China Sea Arbitration" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 277

Book Title: The South China Sea Arbitration

Editor(s): Jayakumar, S.; Koh, Tommy; Beckman, Robert; Davenport, Tara; Phan, D. Hao

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781788116268

Section: Chapter 12

Section Title: Conclusion

Author(s): Jayakumar, S; Koh, Tommy; Beckman, Robert; Davenport, Tara; Phan, Hao Duy

Number of pages: 16

Abstract/Description:

Prior to the Arbitral Award on Jurisdiction and Admissibility on 29 October 2015 and the Final Award on 12 July 2016, legal uncertainties posed a significant impediment to the long-term resolution of the longstanding South China Sea disputes. These uncertainties allowed claimants to put forth arguments which maximised their claims and inevitably exacerbated tensions. This concluding chapter synthesises the analysis in the previous chapters and makes some observations on the significance and implications of the South China Sea Arbitration for the claims over features and their maritime entitlement, cooperation in the South China Sea, and the legal order of the oceans established under the United Nations Convention of the law of the Sea (UNCLOS).