IPP REVIEW--author:Hui-Yi Katherine Tseng

Hui-Yi Katherine Tseng

Hui-Yi Katherine Tseng is a Research Associate at East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. Her research interests range from international trade dispute resolutions in World Trade Organization to maritime conflict management and disputes resolution in East Asian areas.

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By Hui-Yi Katherine Tseng - 08 Aug 2016

The South China Sea Award: Paradox of the Historic Argument

International courts and tribunals tend to decline to deal with historic argument. The logic is that sovereignty is the most sacrosanct claim vested upon every nation state, which stipulates that it need not and should not be subordinated to any authorities claiming overlordship, in whatever manifestation, above them.