Defaulting State and the South China Sea Arbitration

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).

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Defaulting State and the Jurisdiction of Annex VII Arbitral Tribunals.- Chapter 3: The Defaulting State and Fact-finding in the South China Sea Arbitration.- Chapter 4: The Defaulting State and the Experts in the South China Sea Arbitration.- Chapter 5: The Defaulting State, the Appointing Authority, and the Judges In the South China Sea Arbitration.- Chapter 6: Summary and Conclusions.