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.

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

Introduction / S. Jayakaumar, Tommy Koh, Robert Beckman -- 1. Offshore features subject to claims of sovereignty / Bernard H Oxman -- 2. Defining the 'boundary' between land and sea: territorial sea baselines in the South China Sea / Clive Schofield -- 3. Maritime zones from islands and rocks / Clive R Symmons -- 4. Maritime delimination and offshore features / Tullio Treves -- 5. Rights and jurisdiction over resources in the South China Sea : UNCLOS and the 'nine-dash line' / Ted L McDorman -- 6. Do the coastal states in the South China Sea have a continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles? / Alex Oude Elferink -- 7. Rights and obligations in areas of overlapping maritime claims / David Anderson, Youri van Logchem -- 8. UNCLOS Part XV and the South China Sea / Robert Beckman.